Polyglot Dictionary

jalousie

/ʒa.lu.zi/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les jalousies

Meaning

  1. jealousy

    • La jalousie détruit parfois les amitiés.

      Jealousy sometimes destroys friendships.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Eifersucht

Eifersucht is the German word for the same thing — both mean "jealousy."

Portuguese

ciúme

ciúme is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "jealousy."

Practice

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