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Jacques
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jacques
English
Pronunciation
en unadapted pronunciation:
en /ʒæk/ /ʒɑːk/ RP
en /ʒæk/ /ʒɑk/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jacques.wav Southern England
en ɑːk 1
en nativized pronunciation:
en /dʒæk/
en en-au-Jack.ogg AU
en æk 1
en Jack jack
Proper noun
en male French < Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Jacqueline Jacob.
en given name.
Derived terms
en jacques
French
Etymology
fr :slbor<unc> la:Iācōbus 1
From fr la Iācōbus, possibly a semi-learned borrowing (compare inherited fro James, source of en James), from fr grc Ἰάκωβος, from grc Ἰακώβ, from fr hbo יַעֲקֹב Yaʿăqōḇ. fr Jacob, a learned borrowing. Note fr fro Jasque.
Pronunciation
[a:â]
fr Fr-Paris--Jacques.ogg Paris
fr Qc-Jacques.ogg Quebec
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Jacques.wav
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-Jacques.wav <<Canada>> (<<Shawinigan>>)
Proper noun
m
fr male, the French equivalent of James and Jacob, and formerly used as a generic name for peasants
1 4 2 1887 Isabel F. Hapgood Il n’est pas rare aujourd’hui que le garçon bouvier se nomme Arthur, Alfred ou Alphonse, et que le vicomte — s’il y a encore des vicomtes — se nomme Thomas, Pierre ou Jacques. Ce déplacement qui met le nom « élégant » sur le plébéien et le nom campagnard sur l’aristocrate n’est autre chose qu’un remous d’égalité. L’irrésistible pénétration du souffle nouveau est là comme en tout. It is not rare for the neatherd's boy nowadays to bear the name of Arthur, Alfred, or Alphonse, and for the vicomte--if there are still any vicomtes--to be called Thomas, Pierre, or Jacques. This displacement, which places the "elegant" name on the plebeian and the rustic name on the aristocrat, is nothing else than an eddy of equality. The irresistible penetration of the new inspiration is there as everywhere else.
James biblical character
James book of the Bible
fr patronymics
Derived terms
fr coquille Saint-Jacques habillé comme la chienne à Jacques Jacques a dit jacques noix de Saint-Jacques risotto de Saint Jacques s'habiller comme la chienne à Jacques
Related terms
pet forms fr Jacquot, Jacquet, Jacot, Jacquine, Jakou
feminine form fr Jacqueline
Descendants
ht Jak
1 sq Zhak, aln Xhak, sq Xhakë
1 nl Sjaak
1 en Jacques Jack more often a diminutive of John
1 lv Žaks
zh 雅克 Yǎkè 1
fr Biblical characters Books of the Bible
Category:Terms derived from Old French nominative
Norman
Etymology
From nrf la Iacobus, from nrf grc Ἰάκωβος, from grc Ἰακώβ, from nrf hbo יַעֲקֹב Yaʿăqōḇ.
Proper noun
m
nrf male fr:Jacques,Jack
James biblical character
nrf Biblical characters