jeun
French, adjective/ʒœ̃/
jeun is spelled J-E-U-N (4 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 26,299th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jeun is a French adjective meaning “fasting, having an empty stomach. only used in à jeun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does jeun mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fasting, having an empty stomach. only used in à jeun
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. N'existe qu'à travers la locution à jeun.
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.
Forms of jeun
- jeûn alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jeun?
- /ʒœ̃/
- \ʒœ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jeun in French?
jeun appears 1.3 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).