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Esperanto
Etymology
justa + -e
Pronunciation
Adverb
juste
- justly, fairly, righteously
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus, jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. The Old French form just may have been inherited, however, and perhaps later modified based on the Latin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
juste (plural justes)
- fair, just
- reasonable, appropriate, grounded
- correct
- (music, of an interval) perfect
- Coordinate terms: majeur, mineur, augmenté, diminué
- quinte juste ― perfect fifth
- quarte juste ― perfect fourth
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
juste m (plural justes)
- a righteous person
- dormir du sommeil du juste ― to sleep the sleep of the just
Adverb
juste
- exactly, precisely
- Il est juste là ! ― It is right there!
- (somewhat informal) just, only
- Synonyms: ne que, seulement, rien de plus (que)
- Je veux juste un œuf. ― I just want one egg.
Descendants
Further reading
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology
See the adjective just.
Adverb
juste
- just
- rightly, exactly, correctly
Latin
Adjective
jūste
- vocative masculine singular of jūstus
References
- “juste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- juste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French juste.
Pronunciation
Adverb
juste
- just
Descendants
References
- “just(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “just(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from iūs (“law, right”).
Adjective
juste m or f
- (Jersey) accurate, exact
Derived terms
Northern Sami
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Adverb
juste
- exactly, precisely, right
Alternative forms
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Spanish
Verb
juste
- inflection of justar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swedish
Etymology
From French juste.
Adjective
juste (comparative justare, superlative justast)
- Synonym of schysst
Usage notes
Said in SAOL and SO to lean more towards fair and honest compared to schysst, and to mean "according to the rules" in sports, though "juste tackling" (fair tackle), given as an example, is rarer than "schysst tackling" when comparing Google hits. Somewhat obscure and likely to be understood as a pure synonym of schysst by many native speakers.
References
Venetian
Adjective
juste f
- feminine plural of justo