Noun: jumeau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | jumeau |
| Singular f | jumelle |
| Plural m | jumeaux |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like jumeau
zébreau,
nouveau,
éléphanteau,
souriceau,
corbeau,
chameau,
blaireau,
louveteau,
Tourangeau,
maquereau,
jouvenceau,
pastoureau,
oiseau,
jumeau,
puceau,
baleineau,
Manceau,
Etymology
Inherited from Old French jumel, gemel (cf. also the less often used French dialectal form gémeau, as well as Gémeaux), from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus. Compare Italian gemello, Portuguese gémeo, Romanian geamăn, Spanish gemelo. See: Latin Nouns '
gemellus', Italian Nouns '
gemello', Portuguese Nouns '
gémeo', Spanish Nouns '
gemelo'.
Verbs referencing "jumeau"
Spanish Nouns
gemelo, Italian Nouns
gemello, Portuguese Nouns
gêmeo.
Translations