how to pronounce jean

/dʒin/

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the above transcription of jean is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

jean is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of jean in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… barre des 5 4,7 jean lassalle 3,1 fabien …”

meanings of jean

name:

A patronymic surname.
John (book of the Bible).
John (biblical character).
A male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John, traditionally very popular in France, also common as the first part of hyphenated given names.

noun:

A pair of jeans.

jean frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word jean occurs in french on average 111.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.