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jesu

/ˈd͡ʒiː.zuː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
je-su
IPA
/ˈd͡ʒiː.zuː/
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Jesus

Archaic

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Etymology

From Middle English Jesu, from the vocative (and genitive, etc) form Jēsū of Latin Jēsūs, and also reflective of the vocative (and genitive, etc) form Ἰησοῦ (Iēsoû) of Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). Gradually displaced as the normal form by Jesus in the Middle English and Early Modern English period, but retained or restored especially in a few religious texts on the model of Latin and Greek.

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Questions

How do you pronounce jesu?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒiː.zuː/.
What does jesu mean?
Jesus
Where does jesu come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce jesu

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