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Pronunciation
Verb
jeu
- inflection of jeure:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- inflection of jaure:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French geu, gieu, giu, from Latin iocus, jocus.
Pronunciation
Noun
jeu m (plural jeux)
- game (activity performed for amusement)
- play (in a theatre/theater)
- set (of objects that belong together)
- manner of handling a gun
- play (mechanics: a space between two adjacent parts to allow free movement)
- a pipe organ stop
- a hand of playing cards
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Manx
Pronoun
jeu (emphatic form jeusyn)
- third-person plural of jeh
- of them
Romansch
Pronoun
jeu (Sursilvan)
- Alternative form of jau (“I”)