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jean¹

  • /d͡ʒiːn/
  • /d͡ʒeɪn/ obsolete

Sounds like gene, Gene · Rhymes with -iːn

Where it comes from

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.

noun jeans

  1. attributive, countable, uncountable Denim. She wore a tattered jean jacket.

Jean²

  • /d͡ʒiːn/
  • /ʒɑːn/

Sounds like gene, Gene · Rhymes with -iːn, -ɑːn

Where it comes from

Variant of Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Old French Jehane, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān). Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

The unincorporated community in Nevada, originally named Goodsprings Junction, was renamed Jean on 28 June 1905 by postmaster George Arthur Fayle in honor of his wife.

proper noun

  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.
  2. An unincorporated community in Nevada.

Jean³

  • /d͡ʒiːn/
  • /ʒɑːn/

Sounds like gene, Gene · Rhymes with -iːn, -ɑːn

Where it comes from

From French Jean, from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yôḥānān, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of John, Jack, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Sean, Shaun, Shane, Ian, Evan, Ivan, Juan, and Giovanni.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from French.

Jean⁴

  • /d͡ʒiːn/
  • /ʒɑːn/

Sounds like gene, Gene · Rhymes with -iːn, -ɑːn

Where it comes from

A French surname from the male given name, or an English surname which originated as a variant spelling of Jayne or as a toponymic surname referring to Genoa, Italy.

proper noun

  1. 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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dungaree, blue jean, denim, piaget, gloria, logan, cliff, gan, john, marc, mrs, francois, ole, joey, let, dominique

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Chicago

"jean." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jean.

BibTeX
@misc{jean_2026,
  title = {jean},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jean},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}