jeu

French

noun
Definitions
  • game (activity performed for amusement)
  • play (in a theatre/theater)
  • set (of objects that belong together)
  • manner of handling a gun
  • play (mechanics: a space between two adjacent parts to allow free movement)
  • a pipe organ stop
  • a hand of playing cards.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French geu inherited from Latin iocus (joke, jest, game, playing, pastime, play).

Origin

Latin

iocus

Gloss

joke, jest, game, playing, pastime, play

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji
😜

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