jeune premier
French, noun/ʒœn pʁə.mje/
jeune premier is spelled J-E-U-N-E-P-R-E-M-I-E-R (12 letters). Jeune premier is a French masculine noun meaning “young actor playing young-lover roles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Acteur qui joue les rôles de jeunes amoureux”.
What does jeune premier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyoung actor playing young-lover roles
- 2
masculineleading man
physique de jeune premier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acteur qui joue les rôles de jeunes amoureux. 2. Jeune amoureux.
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 jeune premier
- jeunes premiers plural
- jeune première feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jeune premier?
- /ʒœn pʁə.mje/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.