juste
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuste/
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus, jūstus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. The Old French form just may have been inherited, however, and perhaps later modified based on the Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒyst/
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Adjective
juste (plural justes)
- fair, just
- reasonable, appropriate, grounded
- correct
- (music, of an interval) perfect
- Coordinate terms: majeur, mineur, augmenté, diminué
- quinte juste ― perfect fifth
- quarte juste ― perfect fourth
Related terms
Noun
juste m (plural justes)
- a righteous person
- dormir du sommeil du juste ― to sleep the sleep of the just
Adverb
juste
Descendants
- → Romanian: just
Further reading
- “juste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
References
- “juste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- juste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French juste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒust(ə)/
References
- “just(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “just(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French juste, in this form probably borrowed from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from iūs (“law, right”).
Derived terms
- justément (“accurately, exactly”)
Northern Sami
Etymology
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Alternative forms
Spanish
Verb
juste
- inflection of justar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swedish
Usage notes
Said in SAOL and SO to lean more towards fair and honest compared to schysst, and to mean "according to the rules" in sports, though "juste tackling" (fair tackle), given as an example, is rarer than "schysst tackling" when comparing Google hits. Somewhat obscure and likely to be understood as a pure synonym of schysst by many native speakers.