jus

See also: JUs, Jus, ĵus, jūs, jus', and Juś

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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Jumla sign language.

Symbol

jus

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jumla Sign Language.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Jumla Sign Language terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French jus (“juice”). Doublet of juice and ukha.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: zho͞o(s), IPA^(key): /ʒuː(s)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: zhoo(s), IPA^(key): /ʒu(s)/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

jus (countable and uncountable, plural jus)

2. (cooking) The juices given off as meat is cooked.
3. (cooking) A lightly-reduced gravy or stock made from this.

Synonyms

• au jus (proscribed noun)

Related terms

• au jus (prepositional phrase)
• premier jus

Etymology 2

Adverb

jus (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging, African-American Vernacular) Abbreviation of just.
   • 2022 April 3, @JAYVERSACE, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2023:

     I JUS WON A GRAMMY

   • 2023 February 19, u/Bane_XX10, “Recommendations 😬”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/future, archived from the original on 3 November 2023:

     Hey jus really quick wanna ask if anyone got some recommendations for some SoundCloud Playlists Pluto thug gunna 21 yktv lmao thanks in advance 😭

   • 2023 October 19, u/CacheMeOutside, “He was just sitting there”, in Reddit‎^[3], r/MHNowGame, archived from the original on 3 November 2023:

     literally jus happened to me!

   • 2020 October 28, @heavenbrat, Twitter‎^[4], archived from the original on 3 November 2023:

     u know that thing a person does when they tuck ur hair behind ur ear jus a few strands, or fix ur hair or move a piece out your eye or see a strand on your lips and -

See also

• jus accrescendi
• jus divinum
• jus gentium
• jus in bello
• jus mariti
• jus naturale
• jus officii
• jus primae noctis
• jus sanguinis
• jus soli
• monte-jus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French jus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy/, (plural) /ʒys/

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• Hyphenation: jus
• Rhymes: -y, (plural) -ys

Noun

jus m (plural jus, diminutive justje n)

1. gravy

   Synonym: vleesnat

Derived terms

• juslepel

Noun

jus m (plural jus, diminutive justje n or sjuutje n)

1. (Netherlands, informal) ellipsis of jus d'orange

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French jus, from Old French jus, from Latin iūs (“gravy, broth, sauce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy/

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Noun

jus m (invariable)

1. juice

   jus d’ananas ― pineapple juice

   jus de fruit ― fruit juice

   jus d’orange ― orange juice

   jus de pomme ― apple juice

   jus de raisin ― grape juice

2. (slang, Foreign Legion) coffee

   Synonyms: café, caoua, noir, petit noir

3. (slang) electricity; energy; power; juice
4. (dated, slang) speech; address; presentation

Derived terms

• jus de chaussette
• jus de vaisselle
• pur jus
• tenir au jus

Related terms

• juter
• juteux

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: ji
• → Algerian Arabic: جي
• → Dutch: jus
• → English: jus
• → German: Jus, Schü (obsolete)
  • → Danish: sky
  • → Swedish: sky
• → Luxembourgish: Jus
• → Norwegian Bokmål: sjy
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: sjy
• → West Frisian: sjú

Further reading

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

Gallo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

jus

1. manure

Gothic

Romanization

jūs

1. romanization of 𐌾𐌿𐍃

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto ĵus, French juste and English just.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒus/

Adverb

jus

1. just

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒus/ [ˈd͡ʒʊs]
• Rhymes: -us
• Syllabification: jus

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English juice, from Middle English jus, juis, from Old French jus, jous, from Latin jūs (“broth, soup, sauce”).

Noun

jus (plural jus-jus)

1. juice,
   1. a liquid from a plant, especially fruit
   2. a beverage made of juice

Synonyms

• perasan
• sari

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English deuce, from Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo.

Noun

jus (plural jus-jus)

1. (sports, tennis) deuce: A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points

Etymology 3

Noun

jus (plural jus-jus)

1. alternative spelling of juz

Further reading

• “jus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈjuːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈjus]

Noun

jūs n (genitive jūris); third declension

1. alternative spelling of iūs

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	jūs	jūra
genitive	jūris	jūrum
dative	jūrī	jūribus
accusative	jūs	jūra
ablative	jūre	jūribus
vocative	jūs	jūra

References

• “jus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “jus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

jus

1. second-person plural accusative of jūs

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Variant of jud, with devoicing of the final consonant.

Numeral

jus

1. (Jéinesch, cant) ten

   Synonyms: jud, jëss

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English juice.

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard, Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒus/ [ˈd͡ʒus]
• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: jus

Noun

jus (Jawi spelling جوس, plural jus-jus or jus²)

1. juice:
   1. a liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
   2. a beverage made of juice.
   3. a fluid produced by the digestive glands

      Synonym: getah (Indonesian)

Further reading

• "jus" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Middle English

Alternative forms

• jeuse, joissh, jous, jows, joys, juce, jues, juse, juys, juyse, jwisch
• jewse, juwys (Northern, Northeast Midland)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French jus, from Latin jūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiu̯s/, /d͡ʒui̯s/, /-ʃ/

Noun

jus (uncountable)

1. A natural liquid (usually inherent to something)
2. juice (liquid of a plant or beverage from such)
3. A herbal decoction or extract.
4. A bodily fluid or secretion.

Derived terms

• jussel
• verjus

Descendants

• English: juice (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: joice, jice

References

• “jūs, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French jus (“juice”), from Latin iūs (“gravy, broth, sauce, juice”).

Alternative forms

• juz, just

Noun

jus m (plural jus)

1. juice

Descendants

• French: jus
  • Haitian Creole: ji
  • → Algerian Arabic: جي
  • → Dutch: jus
  • → English: jus
  • → German: Jus, Schü (obsolete)
    • → Danish: sky
    • → Swedish: sky
  • → Luxembourgish: Jus
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: sjy
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: sjy
  • → West Frisian: sjú
• Norman: jus

Etymology 2

From Old French jus.

Alternative forms

• juz

Adverb

jus

1. down, downwards

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish jos.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjus/

Conjunction

jus

1. if, in the case that

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin jus, ius (broth), via English juice.

Alternative forms

• juice

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen, indefinite plural juser, definite plural jusene)

1. juice

Synonyms

• saft

Etymology 2

From Latin jus, ius (law).

Alternative forms

• juss

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen)

1. (study of) law, jurisprudence

References

• “jus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin jus, ius (broth), via English juice.

Alternative forms

• juice

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen, indefinite plural jusar, definite plural jusane)

1. juice

Synonyms

• saft

Etymology 2

From Latin jus, ius (law).

Alternative forms

• juss

Noun

jus m (definite singular jusen)

1. (study of) law, jurisprudence

References

• “jus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

• jos

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin iūsum~iōsum, from Classical Latin deorsum.

Adverb

jus

1. down

   Antonym: sus

Preposition

jus

1. below

   Antonym: sus

References

• “jus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “jus”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Old French

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒys/

Etymology 1

From Latin iūs (“gravy, broth, sauce, juice”).

Noun

jus oblique singular, m (oblique plural jus, nominative singular jus, nominative plural jus)

1. juice

Descendants

• Middle French: jus (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle English: jus (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Late Latin iūsum~iōsum, from Classical Latin deorsum. Documented from ca. 1000.

Alternative forms

• juz (influenced by the synonym suz)
• jous, juus (14th c. Anglo-Norman, with characteristic /y/ > /u/)
• jos (found in texts infl. by Occitan or North Italian)

Adverb

jus

1. down

   Antonym: sus

Derived terms

• dejus

Descendants

• Norman: jus
• Picard: jus
• Walloon: djus

References

• “jus2”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “deorsum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 44

Old Occitan

Adverb

jus

1. alternative form of jos (“down”)

Preposition

jus

1. alternative form of jos (“below”)

References

• DOM

Pite Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnic (compare Finnish jos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jus/

Conjunction

jus

1. if

References

• Joshua Wilbur (2014), A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈjus]

• Audio:

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Particle

jus

1. (Far Masovian, Przasnysz) alternative form of już

Further reading

• Jan Karłowicz (1901), “już”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 274

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu(j)s/ [ˈʒu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu(j)s/ [ˈʒu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu(j)ʃ/ [ˈʒu(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒuʃ/

• Rhymes: -us
• Hyphenation: jus

Noun

jus m (plural juses)

1. prerogative

   Synonym: prerrogativa

2. law

   Synonym: direito

Derived terms

• fazer jus a

Further reading

• “jus”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English juice.

Noun

jus

1. juice