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jean Synonyms & Antonyms

/d͡ʒiːn/

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Jean as a Noun

1

Denim.

She wore a tattered jean jacket.

Jean in a Sentence

She wore a tattered jean jacket.

Word Forms & Grammar

jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)

Words That Rhyme With Jean

Origin of Jean

From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.

Jean at a Glance

Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/d͡ʒiːn/
MeaningDenim
Pluraljeans