# jean

Pronunciation: say "JEEN" US /d͡ʒin/, UK /d͡ʒiːn/

## Noun

1. A sturdy twilled cotton fabric used for hard-wearing garments; denim.
   - Simple: A strong cotton cloth used to make work clothes and pants.
   - _The factory cut its overalls from heavy jean woven at the local mill._
   - _Sailors once favored coarse jean for its resistance to wear and weather._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English Gene ("Genoa"), from Old French Jannes. A blue dye made in Genoa, called Bleu de Gênes ("Genovese blue"), was used to tint denim cloth. It is a doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.

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