jean

Everyday

1. (jeans, plural) Trousers made of strong cotton cloth called denim, usually blue: «a pair of jeans». tree →
2. (jean, as an adjective) Made of denim: «a jean jacket». tree →
3. (noun, old) A strong cotton cloth like denim. tree →
4. Jean is a name: in English usually a woman's name (rhymes with «seen»); in French it is a man's name (said «zhahn»), like John. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life jeans are what children wear to school on «non-uniform day» and at weekends. In reading «Jean» may be a character's name. Phrases: «a pair of jeans», «blue jeans», «jean jacket», «skinny jeans».

Examples

• I wore my new jeans to the party. tree →
• These jeans are too long; Mum will turn them up. tree →
• He has a blue jean jacket. tree →
• Aunt Jean makes the best scones. tree →
• Jean-Luc is a French boy in our class. tree →
• My jeans got a hole in the knee. tree →

Note

Clothes word is nearly always plural: «my jeans are», «a pair of jeans». «Jean» alone is mostly used before another noun (jean jacket) or as a name. Homophone: «gene» (part of our DNA) sounds the same as Jean in English.