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Jalouse is a Scottish verb that means to suspect or surmise, or to be jealous of or begrudge. It comes from French jalouser, and is related to jealous.
Jalouse definition: to suspect; infer. See examples of JALOUSE used in a sentence.
Scottish to suspect; infer.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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Etymology
From Scots jalouse, from Old French jalouser. The sense "to be jealous of" came about as a misunderstanding by southern writers, from the similarity to jealousy.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈluːz/
Verb
jalouse (third-person singular simple present jalouses, present participle jalousing, simple past and past participle jaloused) 1. (Scotland, transitive) To suspect. 1.1. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide: 1.1.1. Now the mention of the Skerburnfoot brought back to him only the thought of Ailie, and not of the witch wife, her mother. So he jaloused no ill, for at the best he was slow in the uptake. […] 'Ford!' cried John, in scorn. 'There'll be nae ford for you the nicht unless it wa...
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ʒa.luz/
Adjective
jalouse 1. feminine singular of jaloux
Verb
jalouse 1. inflection of jalouser: 1.1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive 1.2. second-person singular imperative
Etymology
From Old French jalouser (“to be jealous of”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈluːz/
Verb
jalouse (third-person singular simple present jalouses, present participle jalousin, simple past jaloused, past participle jaloused) 1. to guess, suspect, infer, be suspicious of, to have doubts or suspicions about, surmise
Jalouse is a word that can mean to suspect, to be jealous of, or to guess in English, French and Scots. It comes from Old French jalouser and has different pronunciations and forms in each language.
Jalouse is a verb meaning to be jealous or envious, borrowed from French. It is used in Scottish English and has four meanings listed in OED, with examples and pronunciation.
Jalouse is a Scottish verb that means to suspect or infer, derived from French jalouser. Learn how to pronounce, conjugate and translate jalouse with examples and synonyms.
Verb. jalouse ( third-person singular present jalouses, present participle jalousin, past jaloused, past participle jaloused) to guess, suspect, infer, be suspicious of, to have doubts or suspicions about, surmise.
