jean

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/d͡ʒiːn/
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/d͡ʒiːn/ · /d͡ʒeɪn/ · /ʒɑːn/

Definition of jean

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Denim.
    “She wore a tattered jean jacket.”
    “Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.”
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noun

  1. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Denim.
    “She wore a tattered jean jacket.”
    “Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.”

name

  1. A female given name from French.
    “There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o' my Jean.”
    “Isn't Jean a pretty name?" "Not bad; but why don't you call her Miss Muir?" "She begged me not. She hates it, and loves to be called Jean, alone."”
    “He was trying to think of her name; she had come to cook him dinner twice last spring. Jean, maybe. Or Betty. One of these plain names.”
  2. An unincorporated community in Nevada.
  3. A male given name from French.
  4. A surname.
    “In his cast of characters, you really see a disproportionate focus, I think, on Black women - on Kamala Harris, who he's insinuated only has her job today because of who she dated; to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who he's demanded the LSAT scores of - I don't recall him demanding the LSAT scores for Brett Kavanaugh - Karine Jean-Pierre.”

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Etymology

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.

Anagrams of jean

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

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Words you can make from jean

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Best play jane 11 points

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2 words

2-letter words

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