à jeun

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin jejūnus, ieiūnus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a ʒœ̃/
Suisse (canton du Valais) (file)
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Prepositional phrase

on an empty stomach
être à jeun ― to have had nothing to eat or drink

Usage notes

Used both adjectivally and adverbially.

Related terms

Further reading

“jeun”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French à jeun.

Adverb

on an empty stomach
Synonyms: pe stomacul gol, pe nemâncate

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