jeune homme

/\ʒœ.n‿ɔm\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Language

French

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

jeune homme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Homme entre l’âge adolescent et adulte ou jeune adulte encore célibataire. Pronounced \ʒœ.n‿ɔm\.

Key facts for jeune homme
PropertyValue
Headwordjeune homme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒœ.n‿ɔm\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

jeune homme is not present in the top-100,000 ranked French corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for jeune homme is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒœ.n‿ɔm\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for jeune homme in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is jeune homme, spelled J-E-U-N-E- -H-O-M-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme entre l’âge adolescent et adulte ou jeune adulte encore célibataire.
  2. 2
    Formule de politesse quand on s’adresse à un homme jeune dont on ne connaît pas la situation matrimoniale.
  3. 3
    Terme plus ou moins condescendant pour adresser un reproche à un homme jeune sur son immaturité.
  4. 4
    ou Qui fait penser à homme jeune en parlant d’un homme âgé.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jeune homme"?
"jeune homme" is spelled J-E-U-N-E- -H-O-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒœ.n‿ɔm\.
What does "jeune homme" mean?
As a noun, "jeune homme" means: Homme entre l’âge adolescent et adulte ou jeune adulte encore célibataire.
How do you pronounce "jeune homme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jeune homme" is \ʒœ.n‿ɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jeune homme" come from?
"jeune homme" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter J in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.