jais
French, noun/ʒɛ/
jais is spelled J-A-I-S (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,078th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jais is a French masculine noun meaning “jet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bois fossile, assez dur pour être taillé; il s'agit spécifiquement d'une sorte de houille, le lignite…”.
What does jais mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejet
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bois fossile, assez dur pour être taillé; il s'agit spécifiquement d'une sorte de houille, le lignite piciforme, dont on peut faire de petits ouvrages, colliers, bracelets, boutons de deuil, etc. 2. Verre teint de différentes couleurs qui sert en bijouterie → voir jais artificiel et faux-jais. 3. Couleur d’un noir soutenu et brillant. #000000
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 jais?
- /ʒɛ/
- \ʒɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jais
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jais in French?
jais appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).