jadis
French, adverb/ʒa.dis/
jadis is spelled J-A-D-I-S (5 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,090th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jadis is a French adverb meaning “long ago, once, yesteryear, in times past, yore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Autrefois, au temps passé, dans le passé lointain, il y a longtemps”.
What does jadis mean in English?
adverb
- 1
long ago, once, yesteryear, in times past, yore
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Autrefois, au temps passé, dans le passé lointain, il y a longtemps.
noun: 1. Le passé.
adjective: 1. D’autrefois, du temps passé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce jadis?
- /ʒa.dis/
- /ʒa.di/
- \ʒa.dis\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jadis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jadis in French?
jadis appears 7.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).