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1,021 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

junior majeur: major junior (relating to the top-level competition leagues of the junior age group, above junior AAA)
junk-food: junk food (food with little or no nutritional value)
junkie: junkie (drug dependant)
junonien: Junonian
junte: junta
jupe: skirt
jupe-crayon: pencil skirt
jupette: short skirt
jupier: skirt or dress maker
jupitérien: Jovian
jupon: petticoat, underskirt; a bit of skirt; a sleeveless jacket worn over armor (medieval)
jurande: a corporation or confraternity in 18th century France
jurançon: a white wine from the south-west of France
jurassien: of Jura (French mountains); of Jura (Swiss canton)
jurassique: Jurassic
jurat: a sworn man
jurement: oath; blasphemy
jurer: to swear (to promise by oath); to swear (to say a swear word); to clash with, to be jarring, to stick out like a sore thumb
jurer comme un charretier: to swear like a trooper, to swear like a sailor, to swear a blue streak
jurer fidélité: to pledge one's loyalty, to swear loyalty, to swear allegiance, to swear an oath
jurer ses grands dieux: to swear to God that, to swear on one's life that, to swear on a stack of Bibles that, to vow to (to make a promise or give an assurance with great conviction)
jureur: juror; a person who swears
juridiction: jurisdiction
juridictionnel: jurisdictional, judicial
juridique: judicial; law; legal
juridiquement: judicially
juridisme: legalism
jurisconsulte: jurisconsult (legal expert)
jurisprudence: case law
jurisprudentiel: jurisprudential
juriste: jurist
juron: swearword, curse word
jury: jury
juré: juror (a member of a jury)
jus: juice; coffee; electricity; energy; power; juice; speech; address; presentation
jus de chaussette: bad coffee
jus de vaisselle: bad coffee
jusant: ebb, low tide
jusqu': apocopic form of jusque
jusqu'alors: until then, up to that point
jusqu'au bout: all the way, to the bitter end
jusqu'au sang: hard enough to draw blood, until you draw blood
jusqu'au trognon: synonym of jusqu'au bout
jusqu'au-boutisme: extremism, hardline view
jusqu'au-boutiste: extremist, hardline
jusqu'aujourd'hui: until today
jusqu'ici: up to here (literal meaning); hitherto, heretofore, so far, up to now
jusqu'où: where to (to what place); how far (in distance); how far (to what extent)
jusqu'à: until; to (used together with depuis to indicate a time range); up to
jusqu'à ce que: until (up to a given moment in time)
jusqu'à ce que mort s'en suive: to the death
jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive: to the death
jusqu'à l'os: to the bone, to the core
jusqu'à la moelle: to the bone, to the core
jusqu'à lors: obsolete spelling of jusqu'alors
jusqu'à nouvel ordre: until further notice
jusqu'à pas d'heure: until all hours, very late
jusqu'à plus soif: until one has quenched one's thirst, until one is not thirsty anymore; to one's heart's content, at will, as much as one wants, ad libitum
jusqu'à preuve du contraire: until proven otherwise; unless I'm much mistaken
jusqu'à présent: up to now, so far, thus far, to date, as yet