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masculine

/dʒin/

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Translation

jeans (French counts them as one singular garment, un jean)

Word origin

Borrowed back from English jeans, which came from the fabric called jean, a cotton twill named after Gênes, the French name for Genoa, where it was woven. The English plural became a French singular, so one pair is un jean.

Origin: English
Root: jeans
English cognates: jeans, Genoa

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraljeans

Examples

pull .

He is wearing jeans and a black jumper.

My jeans have been too tight since Christmas.

J' solde.

I bought two pairs of jeans in the sale.

, ' .

You can come in jeans, it is not a formal do.

au .

She tore her jeans at the knee.

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This word is part of lesson 34.