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Webster 1913 Edition


jean

jean

(jān)
,
Noun.
[Prob. named from
Genoa
. See
Jane
.]
1.
A twilled cotton cloth.
Satin jean
,
a kind of jean woven smooth and glossy, after the manner of satin.

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Jean

Jean

See also: jean

English

Proper noun

Jean

  1. A female given name.
    • 1788 Robert Burns, Of A' the Airts the Wind Can Blaw:
      There's not a bonnie flower that springs / By fountain, shaw, or green, / There's not a bonnie bird that sings / But minds me o' my Jean.
    • 1866 Louisa May Alcott, Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power, Chapter II
      - - - Isn't Jean a pretty name?" "Not bad; but why don't you call her Miss Muir?" "She begged me not. She hates it, and loves to be called Jean, alone."
    • 1972 Anne Tyler, The Clock Winder, Knopf, 1972, page 67
      He was trying to think of her name; she had come to cook him dinner twice last spring. - - - Jean, maybe. Or Betty. One of these plain names.
  2. A male given name
  3. A surname.
  4. An unincorporated community in Nevada

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French

Etymology

From Old French Jehan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, Yahweh is gracious).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɑ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Proper noun

Jean

  1. John (biblical character).
  2. A male given name, traditionally very popular in France, also common as the first part of hyphenated given names.

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Limburgish

Etymology

From French.

Noun

Jean m

  1. A male given name.

Inflection

Inflection
Root singular Root plural Diminutive singular Diminutive plural
Nominative Jean Jeane Jeanke Jeankes
Genitive Jeans Jeane Jeankes Jeankes
Locative Jeanese Jeaneser Jeaneske Jeaneskes
Dative* Jeanem Jeanemer Jeanemske Jeanemskes
Accusative* Jean Jeane Jeanke Jeankes
  • The dative and accusative are obsolete nowadays, use the nominative instead.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French Jehan, from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, Yahweh is gracious).

Proper noun

Jean m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to French Jean and English John.
  2. John (biblical character).

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jean

jean

See also: Jean

English

Noun

jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)

  1. (chiefly attributive) Denim.
    She wore a tattered jean jacket.

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English jean.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒin/
  • Homophones: djinn, gin

Noun

jean m (plural jeans)

  1. a pair of jeans

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.

Verb

  1. imperative of jannoo - do
  2. interrogative future form of jannoo - do