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jactance: boastfulness, bragging
jactance: banter
jacter: to talk, speak; to speak (a language); to chat; to gossip
jaculatoire: ejaculatory; fervent
jacutais: of Saint-Jacut-les-Pins
jacuzzi: hot tub, jacuzzi
jacée: centaury, starthistle
jadaïque: jade
jade: jade
jadien: jade
jadis: long ago, once, yesteryear, in times past, yore
jadéite: jadeite
jaguar: jaguar (cat); Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2)
jaguar: jaguar (car); Jaguar (British car manufacturer)
jaguar-garou: werejaguar
jaguarondi: jaguarundi (wild cat)
jailbreak: jailbreak (a modification to the firmware of an electronic device (typically a mobile phone or tablet) to allow the installation and use of software not officially supported by the device's manufacturer).
jailbreaker: to jailbreak (something)
jaillir: to spurt out, gush forth; to spring out; to thrust up, to jut out; to emerge from
jaillissant: gushing, springing
jaillissement: spurt; gush
jaillisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of jaillir
jais: jet
jaja: never in a million years
jaja: table wine
jalapine: jalapin
jalapique: jalapic
jalon: ranging pole, ranging rod; foundation, groundwork; milestone, landmark
jalonner: stake out, mark out (to mark off the limits by stakes)
jalonneur: staker (one who stakes out)
jalousement: jealously
jalouser: to be jealous of; to envy
jalousie: jealousy; edible amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor); sweet william (Dianthus barbatus); a type of pear (fruit)
jalousie: Venetian blind; mashrabiyya, latticework screen
jaloux: jealous
jaloux comme un tigre: extremely jealous
jamais: never; ever
jamais au grand jamais: never ever
jamais de la vie: not on your life! not in this lifetime! not a chance! no way Jose! not in a million years! absolutely not!
jamais deux sans trois: all things come in threes, things always come in threes
jamalac: wax apple, jambul (or any similar plant of the genus Syzygium)
jamalaquier: synonym of jamalac
jamaïcain: of Jamaica; Jamaican
jamaïquain: Jamaican
jambage: downstroke; jamb
jambalaya: jambalaya (rice-based dish from Louisiana); a mixture of foods of any kind
jambe: leg
jambe de bois: a peg-leg, a wooden leg; a knee blow to the thigh
jambes par-dessus tête: upside-down, head over heels
jambette: penknife; act of tripping
jambier: tibial
jambier: tibial (bone)
jambière: greave; pad, shinguard; legging; knee sock; leg-warmer (for dancer)
jamblichéen: Iamblichean
jamblon: jambul, jambolan
jambon: ham
jambon beurre: a French ham sandwich made from a baguette, salted-butter and optional other ingredients
jambonneau: knuckle of ham (lower part of a leg of pork)
jamboree: jamboree
jambose: A species of rose apple, Syzygium jambos