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English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)
- (chiefly attributive) Denim.
- She wore a tattered jean jacket.
1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit: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.
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from English jean.
Pronunciation
Noun
jean m (plural jeans)
- a pair of jeans
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Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.
The past form ren is from Old Irish do·rigni, deuterotonic form of the perfect tense of do·gní.
Pronunciation
Verb
jean (past ren, future independent nee, verbal noun jannoo, past participle jeant)
- (auxiliary) A syntactic marker that carries the tense of the verb, replacing its synthetic form; the true verb follows as a verbal noun.
- Ren (replaces hie) eh goll thie. ― He went home.
- Yinnagh (replaces ragh) eh goll thie. ― He would go home.
- Nee (replaces hed) eh goll thie. ― He will go home.
- Jean (replaces gow) goll thie. ― Go home.
- do, make
Conjugation
Spanish
Noun
jean m (plural jeans)
- jeans
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