jeune temps

\ʒœn tɑ̃\

/\ʒœn tɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“jeune temps” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Toujours précédé d'un adjectif possessif) Période de la jeunesse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-jeune-temps · jeune temps · French

jeune temps · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "J" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for jeune temps
PropertyValue
Headwordjeune temps
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʒœn tɑ̃\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « jeune temps » en français

jeune tempsn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jeune temps is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒœn tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Toujours précédé d'un adjectif possessif) Période de la jeunesse.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for jeune temps, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is jeune temps, spelled J-E-U-N-E- -T-E-M-P-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Toujours précédé d'un adjectif possessif) Période de la jeunesse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how jeune temps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Après dîner, l’Empereur s’est amusé à résoudre des problèmes de géométrie et d’algèbre : cela lui rappelait son jeune temps, disait-il, et il nous étonnait fort de l’avoir si peu oublié.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "jeune temps"?
"jeune temps" is spelled J-E-U-N-E- -T-E-M-P-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒœn tɑ̃\.
What does "jeune temps" mean?
As a noun, "jeune temps" means: (Toujours précédé d'un adjectif possessif) Période de la jeunesse.
How do you pronounce "jeune temps"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "jeune temps" is \ʒœn tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "jeune temps" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list