Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gilet jaune

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: gilet -jaune
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yellow vest, a member of a French protest movement which started in 2018.

Example Sentences

"French protests are always lively, but as the journalist John Lichfield observed, “the white-hot anger” of the gilets jaunes was “something new and different”."

Etymology

Borrowed from French gilet jaune.

Inflected Forms

gilets jaunes (plural)

Questions

What does gilet jaune mean?: A yellow vest, a member of a French protest movement which started in 2018.
Where does gilet jaune come from?: Borrowed from French gilet jaune.

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