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juste

/ʒyst/

adjective/ʒyst/

fair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded; correct; perfect; shorter or less than desired; insufficient

“Elle n'est que trop juste en un si grand malheur” — It is only too appropriate in such misfortune

Inherited from Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus, jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. The Old French form just may have been inherited, however, and perhaps later modified based on the Latin.

noun, masculine/ʒyst/plural: justes

juste is masculine in French.

a righteous person

“dormir du sommeil du juste” — to sleep the sleep of the just

Inherited from Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus, jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. The Old French form just may have been inherited, however, and perhaps later modified based on the Latin.

adverb/ʒyst/

exactly, precisely; just, only

“Il est juste là !” — It is right there!

Synonyms: ne que, seulement, rien de plus

Inherited from Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus, jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. The Old French form just may have been inherited, however, and perhaps later modified based on the Latin.