15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

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Jacquerie [Fr], revolt of French peasants in 1358; hence, any peasant
uprising.
jadu or jadoo [Hind & Pers], conjuring; magic.
jahannan [Hind], hell.
jai alai [Basque], lit., merry festival; a handball game played with
basketlike attachments strapped on the arm.
j'ai vécu [Fr], I lived; I existed through it all (i.e., the Reign of Terror):
Abbé Sieyès.
jaldi [Hind], quickness; haste; speed. —jaldi karo, make haste. —jaldi
jao, go quickly: all India.
jalousie [Fr], jealousy; envy; specif., Venetian blind; latticed shutter.
—jalousie de métier, professional jealousy.
jamais arrière [Fr], never behind.
jamais bon coureur ne fut pris [Fr], a good runner was never captured;
old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
jamais de ma vie [Fr], never in my life; never, never.
jambière [Fr], legging; leg guard.
jambo [Swa], hail; greetings.
jambon [Fr], ham.
jamón [Sp], ham or bacon; also, a guitar: southwestern U.S.
jampan [Anglo-Ind], a sedan chair with two poles, borne on the shoulders
of four people.
jantar [Pg], dinner.
Janvier [Fr], January: abbr. janv.
jao [Hind; imperative of jäna, to go], go! begone!
ja, prosit! [Ger], don't you wish you may get it!: colloq.
jáquima [Sp jáquima], head portion of a halter, as used for breaking
wild horses: southwestern U.S.
jarabe [Sp], syrup.
jarabe tapado [Mex], popular dance.
jardin [Fr], garden. —jardin des plantes, lit., garden of plants; botanical
garden; notably, the Jardin des Pfantes in Paris.
jardinière [Fr], ornamental flower stand; cookery, a dish composed of
various vegetables cut into cubes and combined with a thick sauce.
—à la jardinière, prepared in the above manner; as, lamb cutlets à
la jardinière: cookery.
ját [Hind], caste; clan; also, sort; kind.
jaune [Fr], yellow. —rire jaune, laugh on the wrong side of one's face.
jawohl [Ger], yes indeed; quite so; certainly.
j'ay bonne cause [OF], I have good cause (or reason).
jedenfalls [Ger], in any case; at all events.
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