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jeun: fasting, having an empty stomach. only used in à jeun
jeune: youth, a young person
jeune: young; who has recently acquired a new status, who has newly become something (without being necessarily young in absolute terms)
jeune au pair: an au pair
jeune femme: damsel, lass, maiden, young woman
jeune fille: a girl; a maiden (unmarried woman/girl)
jeune homme: young man, youth
jeune marié: newlywed
jeune premier: young actor playing young-lover roles; leading man
jeunement: youngly
jeuner: post-1990 spelling of jeûner
jeunes années: teenage years, youth, young days
jeunes gens: young people; youths
jeunesse: youth
jeunesse dorée: jeunesse dorée
jeunet: very young
jeunette: young woman
jeunisme: youthism (cult of youth)
jeuniste: youthist
jeunot: young'un
jeunot: youngish, quite young
jeûne: fast (period without consuming nourishment)
jeûne intermittent: intermittent fasting
jeûner: to fast; to go without food
jeûneur: someone who fasts, a faster
jeûné: fasting
ji: jay, The name of the Latin script letter J/j.
jihadisme: jihadism
jihadiste: jihadist
jingle: jingle (tune)
jinisme: Jainism
jiu-jitsu: alternative spelling of jiujitsu
jivaro: Jivaroan
joailler: post-1990 spelling of joaillier (“(male) jeweller”)
joaillerie: jewelry; jewelry-making; jewelry shop
joaillier: jeweller, gemsmith
job: job (employment role); work
job étudiant: student job
jobard: gullible; crazy
jobard: simpleton
jobe: (the) mumps (viral disease)
jockey: jockey
joconde: Mona Lisa
jocrisse: dupe, gullible fool
jodler: (singing) to yodel
joggeur: jogger
jogging: jogging (exercise); jog (exercise); jogging pants; jogging bottoms
johannique: Johannic
johannite: johannite
joie: joy (feeling of happiness or elation)
joie de vivre: joie de vivre, zest for life
joie maligne: schadenfreude
joignable: contactable, reachable, available
joindre: to join; to join up; to reach, to contact
joindre l'utile à l'agréable: to make something enjoyable as well as useful, to make one's work more fun, to mix business with pleasure
joindre le geste à la parole: to suit the action to the word, to match words with actions, to walk the talk, to put one's money where one's mouth is
joindre les deux bouts: to make ends meet
joint: seal
joint: joint, spliff (marijuana cigarette)
joint de culasse: cylinder head gasket