jeune premier
English
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French jeune premier; first used in the early 1800s.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʒəːn prəmˈjeɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ʒən prəˈmɪ(ə)r/
Noun
editjeune premier (plural jeunes premiers or jeune premiers)
References
edit- ^ “jeune premier, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “jeune premier, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editjeune premier m (plural jeunes premiers)
- (theater) young actor playing young-lover roles
- (figuratively) leading man
- physique de jeune premier ― body of a movie star, body of a Greek god, drop-dead looks
Descendants
edit- → English: jeune premier
- → Romanian: june prim (calque)
- → Turkish: jönprömiye
See also
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