jeûne

Inherited from Old French jeün, from Latin jējūnium (“fast”), or more likely derived from the French verb jeûner.

• IPA^(key): /ʒøn/, (regional) /ʒœn/

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• Homophone: jeune (regional)

jeûne m (plural jeûnes)

1. fast (period without consuming nourishment)

jeûne

1. inflection of jeûner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• déjeuner
• jeun
• jeuner

• “jeûne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “jeûne” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “jeûne” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

• enjeu