verjus
French, noun/vɛʁ.ʒy/
verjus is a French masculine noun meaning “verjuice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suc acide qu’on tire des raisins qui ne sont pas mûrs”.
What does verjus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineverjuice
- 2
colloquialmasculinewine which is too green
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Suc acide qu’on tire des raisins qui ne sont pas mûrs. 2. Vin qui est trop vert. 3. Raisin qu’on cueille encore vert.
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 verjus
- vertjus
- vert-jus
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verjus?
- /vɛʁ.ʒy/
- \vɛʁ.ʒy\
- [vɛʁ.ʒy]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verjus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verjus in French?
verjus appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).