What does jean mean?
Definitions for jean
dʒinjean
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word jean.
Princeton's WordNet
jean, blue jean, denimnoun
(usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
denim, dungaree, jeannoun
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
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Wiktionary
jeannoun
Denim.
jeanadjective
Made of denim (as "jean jacket").
Jeannoun
A female given name from Hebrew.
There's not a bonnie flower that springs / By fountain, shaw, or green, / There's not a bonnie bird that sings / But minds me o' my Jean.
Jeannoun
A male given name from Hebrew
Jeannoun
A surname.
Jeannoun
An unincorporated community in Nevada
Etymology: The female given name is from a Middle English feminine form of John (sometimes considered Scottish), from Old French Jehane. The male given name is likely from or influenced by French Jean.
Wikipedia
JEAN
JEAN was a dialect of the JOSS programming language developed for and used on ICT 1900 series computers in the late 1960s and early 1970s; it was implemented under the MINIMOP operating system. It was used at the University of Southampton.JEAN was an acronym derived from "JOSS Extended and Adapted for Nineteen-hundred". It was operated from a Teletype terminal.
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jean
Jean is a type of durable, heavy-duty cotton twill cloth. It is most commonly known and used in the manufacturing of a style of pants called "jeans." The fabric originated in cities in Italy and France, and was initially used for work clothes due to its durability. Now, it is widely popular in fashion all around the world.
Webster Dictionary
Jeannoun
a twilled cotton cloth
Etymology: [Prob. named from Genoa. See Jane.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Jean
jān, n. a twilled cotton cloth.—n. Jeanette′, coarse jean, for lining.—Satin jean, a smooth, glossy, hard-twilled cotton goods. [Jane.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
JEAN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jean is ranked #1703 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Jean surname appeared 21,140 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Jean.
70.2% or 14,857 total occurrences were Black.
22.8% or 4,839 total occurrences were White.
2.5% or 537 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2% or 431 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.8% or 400 total occurrences were Asian.
0.3% or 74 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'jean' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3641
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'jean' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1401
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Anagrams for jean »
jane
Jane
Jena
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of jean in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of jean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of jean in a Sentence
I think giving your life to Christ would be the best thing that Botham Jeans father would want you to do, again, I love Brandt Jean as a person, and I don't wish anything bad on Brandt Jean.
When I arrived at the shelter to discover 15 cats, Jean said to load as many as we could fit, if there had been pigs or even a duck she would have told me to take them too lol. The cats are settling in and we have a few cat rescues stepping up to help with them.
L'ancien président haïtien Jean-Bertrand Aristide dit qu'Haïti est un pays avec de nombreuses victimes de préjugés. Je pense qu'il dit la vérité.
When I went to the session with 'Billie Jean,' I took like 10 basses and I lined 'em up. I'd say, 'Michael, pick one,' he'd pick one with the zebra wood on it. It had 12 different kinds of wood, different layers. It was dark brown and tan and light-colored, and it looked like a tiger or a zebra. Michael picked it because it sounded good. I hot-rodded it. I beefed it up and put extra magnets underneath the pickups. I did all the things I knew how to do to get the best sound. That's how come the bass sounded like that.
Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak:
(Commission President Jean-Claude) Juncker's proposal has several positive points.
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