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masculine

/ʒy/

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Translation

juice

Word origin

From Latin jus ('broth, sauce, juice'). The written plural is identical to the singular because the word already ends in s. English 'juice' arrived by way of Old French.

Origin
Latin
Root
jus
English cognates
juice, juicy

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraljusirregular

Examples

', ' .

An orange juice, please.

au .

The children drink apple juice at teatime.

Arrose .

Baste the chicken with its own juices every ten minutes.

.

This juice is too sweet for my taste.

citrons .

She squeezes two lemons to get the juice out of them.

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This word is part of lesson 38.