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lejeune

/ləˈʒœn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables
leje-une
IPA
/ləˈʒœn/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Lejeune, from le + jeune, inherited from Middle French jeune. From Middle French le, from Old French le, from Latin illum, from ille. From Old French juene, juefne, from Vulgar Latin *iŏvenem, from Latin iuvenem.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: jeune, le, illum, juene, *iŏvenem, iuvenis

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ləˈʒœn/

Inflected Forms

Lejeunes (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce lejeune?
The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈʒœn/.
What does lejeune mean?
A surname.
Where does lejeune come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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