Noun: joyau
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | joyau |
| Plural m | joyaux |
Sample Sentences
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On aurait juré que chacune de ses paroles était un joyau. (You would have sworn that each of his words was a jewel.) [1894, Crafty, À travers Paris, page 45:]
Nouns inflected like joyau
renouveau,
pocheteau,
berceau,
métamatériau,
ypréau,
ypreau,
chaudeau,
lanterneau,
lapineau,
bordeau,
lapereau,
bouleau,
paonneau,
bandeau,
barreau,
bardeau,
barbeau,
zoziau,
mâtineau,
colineau, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Backformed from Old French joyaus, plural of joyal, variant of jouel, from Latin iocale. See: Latin Nouns '
iocale'.
Verbs referencing "joyau"
English Nouns
jewel, Spanish Nouns
joya.
Translations