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jeu

jeu

See also: jeù and je'u

Catalan

Verb

jeu

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of jeure
  2. second-person singular imperative form of jeure

French

Etymology

From Old French geu, gieu, giu, from Latin iocus, jocus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒø/

Noun

jeu m (plural jeux)

  1. game (activity performed for amusement)
  2. play (in a theatre/theater)
  3. set (of objects that belong together)
  4. manner of handling a gun
  5. play (mechanics: a space between two adjacent parts to allow free movement)
  6. a pipe organ stop
  7. a hand of playing cards.

Related terms


Manx

Pronoun

jeu (emphatic form jeusyn)

  1. 3rd person plural of jeh
    of them

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun) jau
  • (Sutsilvan) jou
  • (Surmiran) ia
  • (Puter) eau
  • (Vallader) eu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

jeu

  1. (Sursilvan) I