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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jour fixe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
jour -fixe
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A series of presentations and/or performances, discussions or similar events that happen on a fixed day every month (or similar; for example, every second Sunday of a month). Used mainly by cultural and artistic organizations.

Etymology

Borrowed from French jour fixe (literally “fixed day”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

jours fixes (plural)

Questions

What does jour fixe mean?
A series of presentations and/or performances, discussions or similar events that happen on a fixed day every month (or similar; for example, every second Sunday of a month). Used mainly by cultural and artistic organizations.
Where does jour fixe come from?
It is traced to French.

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