jacques
/ʒæk/US/ʒæk/
jacques is the alternative form of jakes.
Meaning of jakes
Noun
jakes (usually uncountable, plural jakeses)
- A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
- My lord, if you’ll give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonyms:
- outhouse, bathroom, latrine, necessarium, toilet, toilet room, urinal, water closet, WC, cloaca
Proper noun capitalized: Jacques
Jacques
- A male given name from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], feminine equivalent Jacqueline, equivalent to English Jacob.
- A surname from given name.
Forms of jacques
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Phrases with jacques
Words that rhyme with jacques
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Questions about jacques
- What does jacques mean?
- Jacques means a male given name from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], feminine equivalent Jacqueline, equivalent to English Jacob.
- What is jacques the alternative form of?
- Jacques is the alternative form of jakes.
- What part of speech is jacques?
- Jacques is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jacques?
- Jacques is pronounced /ʒæk/ (UK).
Words near jacques in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jacques (page history and authors); Jacques (page history and authors); jakes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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