mot juste
UK/məʊˈʒuːst/
mot juste noun: the perfectly appropriate word or phrase for the situation.
Noun
mot juste (plural mots justes)
- The perfectly appropriate word or phrase for the situation.
- She legged it, and for a moment silence reigned. Then Bobbie said, “Phew!” and I agreed that “Phew!” was the mot juste.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V
- Wattpad is not the sort of site where writers talk about suffering for their art or spend hours searching for the mot juste.2014 March 23, David Streitfeld, “Web Fiction, Serialized and Social”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- winged word
mot juste meaning in Tamil
mot juste in Tamil
- நுட்பவுரை, திட்ப நுட்பவுரை
Synonyms of mot juste
Forms of mot juste
| plural | mots justes |
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Origin of mot juste
Unadapted borrowing from French mot juste.
Words that rhyme with mot juste
Questions about mot juste
- What does mot juste mean?
- Mot juste means the perfectly appropriate word or phrase for the situation.
- What is mot juste in Tamil?
- Mot juste in Tamil is நுட்பவுரை, திட்ப நுட்பவுரை. See Mot juste meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mot juste?
- Mot juste is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mot juste?
- Mot juste is pronounced /məʊˈʒuːst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mot juste?
- The plural of mot juste is mots justes.
Words near mot juste in the dictionary
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