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jean
1[jeen, jeyn]
noun
Sometimes jeans a sturdy twilled fabric, usually of cotton.
(used with a plural verb)jeans,
pants of various fabrics, styled or constructed like blue jeans.
Jean
2[zhah
noun
1921–2019, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000.
a male given name, form of John.
a female given name.
Jean
1/ ɑ̃ /
noun
born 1921, full name Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano , grand duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000)
Michaelle. born 1957, in Haiti. Canadian stateswoman and broadcaster; governor-general from 2005
jean
2/ ː /
noun
a tough twill-weave cotton fabric used for hard-wearing trousers, overalls, etc See also jeans
Other Word Forms
- jeaned adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of jean1
Example Sentences
A video, shared widely online, shows police arresting a young man with a boyish face and hair over his shoulders, wearing blue jeans and a green T-shirt.
Out of all the guys in the crowd, there was just something about him and his tight jeans, his boots and his cowboy hat.
Dressed in flared silver jeans and a white vest top, she can't help dancing as she assesses tonight's venue.
Wearing jeans and a polo shirt, Wilson had come into town from Malibu to do his first full-length interview since a short-lived comeback attempt in 1976.
Adam is a T-shirt and jeans guy whose laid-back style tells us he’s ready to get dirty.
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When To Use
The word jean refers to the kind of material used to make jeans, as in blue jeans—a type of pants.Jeans are traditionally made from denim, a kind of cotton fabric. Today, jeans are made from a variety of fabrics and fabric blends, but they’re still called jeans if they resemble denim blue jeans. In this way, the word jean isn’t commonly used as a name of a kind of material until after it’s been made into jeans.Jean is most commonly used as a modifier to describe garments that are made of denim or the kind of fabric that blue jeans are made of, as in jean shorts, jean jacket (also commonly called a denim jacket), and jean shirt.Example: I used to wear a jean jacket with a bunch of patches on it.
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