jean
/d͡ʒiːn/
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obsolete/d͡ʒeɪn/
jean noun: denim.
Noun
jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)
- Denim.
- She wore a tattered jean jacket.
- Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Jean
Jean
- A female given name from French.
- 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.1788, Robert Burns, Of A' the Airts the Wind Can Blaw - 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."1866, Louisa May Alcott, chapter II, in Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power
- There's not a bonnie flower that springs
- An unincorporated community in Nevada.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Jean
Jean
- A male given name from French.
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Jean
Jean
- A surname.
- In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores...2022 May 12, Dave Davies, “Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?”, in NPR, spoken by Nicholas Confessore, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023
jean meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
jean in Tamil
- ஜீன்
jean in Marathi
- जीन
jean in Urdu
- جین
jean in Bengali
- জিন, জিন কাপড়
More languagesFewer languages
- jean in Telugu
- జీన్
- jean in Malayalam
- ജീൻ
- jean in Kannada
- ಜೀನ್
- jean in Punjabi
- ਜੀਨ
- jean in Gujarati
- જીન
- jean in Nepali
- जीन
Examples of jean in a sentence
- Jean made an eight-hour trip across the border into Quebec just to satisfy his craving for poutine.
- But seriously, like me wearing jean shorts all throughout high school, these changes aren't cool at all.
- I tossed the sportsjacket back in the closet and put the jean jacket on over my sweater.
Forms of jean
| plural | jeans |
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Origin of jean
From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.
Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Old French Jehane, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān). Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena. The unincorporated community in Nevada, originally named Goodsprings Junction, was renamed Jean on 28 June 1905 by postmaster George Arthur Fayle in honor of his wife.
From French Jean, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Sean, Shaun, Shane, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Juan, and Giovanni.
Words formed from jean
Phrases with jean
Words that rhyme with jean
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- lien
Questions about jean
- What does jean mean?
- Jean means denim.
- What is jean in Tamil?
- Jean in Tamil is ஜீன். See Jean meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is jean?
- Jean can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jean?
- Jean is pronounced /d͡ʒiːn/.
- What is the plural of jean?
- The plural of jean is jeans.
Words near jean in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: jean (page history and authors); Jean (page history and authors); jean (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jean (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jean (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jean (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jean (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jean (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jean (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jean (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jean (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jean (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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