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Jessie
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jessie
English
Pronunciation
en En-au-Jessie.ogg AU
Etymology 1
en :af Jess -ie<id:diminutive> + 1
Proper noun
en female Jessica.
Etymology 2
A hypochoristic form of en Jane, en Jean, etc., possibly under the influence of en lassie or en -ess and en -ie<id:diminutive>. en Ivanka Jan Janelle Janet Janey Janine Jeanette Jeanie Jeannette Jeannine Jen Jenna Jenny Jo Jody Juanita Shanae Sinead Vanna.
Proper noun
en female.
Derived terms
en Lake Jessie
Translations
female given name
Arabic: ar جِيسِي f
Polish: pl Jessie f
Noun
en jessie: a cowardly, effeminate, or homosexual man, a girly man.
Derived terms
en give someone Jessie
Etymology 3
From en Jess or en Jesse ie<id:diminutive>, from en grc Ἰεσσαί, from en he יִשַׁי Yishai.
Proper noun
en US eye dialect en male Hebrew Jesse.
en 2-syllable words unisex given names female given names from French female given names from Hebrew diminutives of female given names