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Definitions and meaning of jus

jus

Translingual

Symbol

jus

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jumla Sign Language.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Jumla Sign Language terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French jus (“juice”). Doublet of juice and ukha.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: zho͞o(s), IPA(key): /ʒuː(s)/
  • (US) enPR: zhoo(s), IPA(key): /ʒu(s)/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Noun

jus (countable and uncountable, plural jus)

  2. (cooking) The juices given off as meat is cooked.
  3. (cooking) A lightly-reduced gravy or stock made from this.
Synonyms
Related terms

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Etymology 2

Adverb

jus (not comparable)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of just.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French jus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒy/, (plural) /ʒys/
  • Hyphenation: jus
  • Rhymes: -y, (plural) -ys

Noun

jus m (plural jus, diminutive justje n)

  1. gravy
    Synonym: vleesnat

Derived terms

  • juslepel

Noun

jus m (plural jus, diminutive justje n or sjuutje n)

  1. (Netherlands, informal) Ellipsis of jus d'orange.

References

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French jus, from Old French jus, from Latin iūs (“gravy, broth, sauce”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒy/

Noun

jus m (plural jus)

  1. juice
    jus d’ananas ― pineapple juice
    jus de fruit ― fruit juice
    jus d’orange ― orange juice
    jus de pomme ― apple juice
    jus de raisin ― grape juice
  2. (slang, Foreign Legion) coffee
    Synonyms: café, caoua, noir, petit noir
  3. (slang) electricity; energy; power; juice
  4. (dated, slang) speech; address; presentation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

Further reading

  • “jus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jus

  1. manure

Gothic

Romanization

jūs

  1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌿𐍃

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto ĵus, French juste and English just.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒus/

Adverb

jus

  1. just

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒʊs]
  • Rhymes: -d͡ʒʊs, -ʊs, -s
  • Hyphenation: jus

Etymology 1

From English juice, from Middle English jus, juis, from Old French jus, jous, from Latin jūs (“broth, soup, sauce”).

Noun

jus (plural jus-jus)

  1. juice,
    1. a liquid from a plant, especially fruit
    2. a beverage made of juice
Synonyms
  • perasan
  • sari

Etymology 2

From English deuce, from Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo.

Noun

jus (plural jus-jus)

  1. (sports, tennis) deuce: A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points

Etymology 3

Noun

jus (plural jus-jus)

  1. Alternative spelling of juz

Further reading

  • “jus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjuːs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjus]

Noun

jūs n (genitive jūris); third declension

  1. Alternative spelling of iūs

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

  • “jus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “jus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

jus

  1. second-person plural accusative of jūs

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English juice.

Noun

jus (Jawi spelling جوس, plural jus-jus)

  1. juice:
    1. a liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
    2. a beverage made of juice.
    3. a fluid produced by the digestive glands
      Synonym: getah (Indonesian)

Further reading

  • “jus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • juse, juce, juys, juyse, jewse, jeuse, jous, jows, jwisch, juwys

Etymology

From Old French jus, from Latin jūs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒiu̯s/, /d͡ʒui̯s/
  • Rhymes: -us

Noun

jus (uncountable)

  1. A natural liquid (usually inherent to something)
  2. juice (liquid of a plant or beverage from such)
  3. A herbal decoction or extract.
  4. A bodily fluid or secretion.

Derived terms

  • jussel
  • vergeous

Descendants

  • English: juice (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: joice, jice

References

  • “jūs, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French jus (“juice”), from Latin iūs (“gravy, broth, sauce, juice”).

Alternative forms

  • juz, just

Noun

jus m (plural jus)

  1. juice
Descendants
  • French: jus
    • Haitian Creole: ji
    • → Algerian Arabic: جي
    • → Dutch: jus
    • → English: jus
    • → German: Jus, Schü (obsolete)
      • → Danish: sky
      • → Swedish: sky
    • → Luxembourgish: Jus
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: sjy
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: sjy
    • → West Frisian: sjú
  • Norman: jus

Etymology 2

From Old French jus.

Alternative forms

  • juz

Adverb

jus

  1. down, downwards

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish jos.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈjus/

Conjunction

jus

  1. if, in the case that

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin jus, ius (broth), via English juice.

Alternative forms

  • juice

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen, indefinite plural juser, definite plural jusene)

  1. juice
Synonyms
  • saft

Etymology 2

From Latin jus, ius (law).

Alternative forms

  • juss

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen)

  1. (study of) law, jurisprudence

References

  • “jus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin jus, ius (broth), via English juice.

Alternative forms

  • juice

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen, indefinite plural jusar, definite plural jusane)

  1. juice
Synonyms
  • saft

Etymology 2

From Latin jus, ius (law).

Alternative forms

  • juss

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen)

  1. (study of) law, jurisprudence

References

  • “jus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

  • jos

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin iūsum~iōsum, from Classical Latin deorsum.

Adverb

jus

  1. down
    Antonym: sus

Preposition

jus

  1. below
    Antonym: sus

References

  • “jus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “jus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • juz (influenced by the synonym suz)
  • jous, juus (14th c. Anglo-Norman, with characteristic /y/ > /u/)
  • jos (found in texts infl. by Occitan or North Italian)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin iūsum~iōsum, from Classical Latin deorsum. Documented from ca. 1000.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒys/

Adverb

jus

  1. down
    Antonym: sus

Derived terms

  • dejus

Descendants

  • Norman: jus
  • Picard: jus
  • Walloon: djus

References

  • “jus2”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “deorsum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 44

Old Occitan

Adverb

jus

  1. Alternative form of jos (“down”)

Preposition

jus

  1. Alternative form of jos (“below”)

References

  • DOM

Pite Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnic (compare Finnish jos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jus/

Conjunction

jus

  1. if

References

  • Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -us
  • Hyphenation: jus

Noun

jus m (plural juses)

  1. prerogative
    Synonym: prerrogativa
  2. law
    Synonym: direito

Derived terms

  • fazer jus a

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English juice.

Noun

jus

  1. juice

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