different between zean vs jean

English

Etymology

Former trade name. See Zea (“genus of grasses”).

Noun

zean (uncountable)

1. (medicine, archaic) A highly concentrated fluid extract of cornsilk used as a diuretic and urinary antiseptic.

Anagrams

• Anez, Zane, naze

Basque

Noun

zean

1. inessive singular of ze

English

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?n, IPA^(key): /d?i?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Homophones: gene, Gene

Noun

jean (countable and uncountable, plural jeans)

1. (chiefly attributive) Denim.

   She wore a tattered jean jacket.

Derived terms

• jeans
• satin jean

Anagrams

• Jaen, Jane, Jaén, Jena, jane

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English jean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?in/
• Homophones: djinn, gin

Noun

jean m (plural jeans)

1. a pair of jeans

Further reading

• “jean” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???n/, /d??en/

Etymology

From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.

The past form ren is from Old Irish do·rigni, deuterotonic form of the perfect tense of do·gní.

Verb

jean (past ren, future independent nee, verbal noun jannoo, past participle jeant)

1. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker that carries the tense of the verb, replacing its synthetic form; the true verb follows as a verbal noun.

2. do, make

Conjugation

Spanish

Noun

jean m (plural jeans)

1. jeans