jacobin

See also: Jacobin

English

Etymology

From Jacobin, q.v. In reference to birds, via French jacobine, from a supposed resemblance to the Dominicans' formerly standard hood or coloring. In reference to soup, via French soupe à la Jacobine.

Noun

jacobin (plural jacobins)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Jacobin.
2. A domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) with reversed feathers on its neck.
3. Any hummingbird of the genus Florisuga.
4. (obsolete) A kind of thick French soup with cheese.

Synonyms

• (pigeon): Jacobin, Jacobin pigeon, jacobin pigeon, jacobine, jacobine pigeon

Translations

breed of domestic pigeon

Danish: parykdue c French: jacobin (fr) m German: Perückentaube f, Perückentauber m, Perückentäuber m, Perückentauberich m, Perückentäuberich m, Perückentäubin f Italian: colombo cappuccino m, colombo cappuccio m Norwegian: Bokmål: parykkdue m or f Nynorsk: parykkdue f

References

• “jacobin, n3.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.kɔ.bɛ̃/

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Adjective

jacobin (feminine jacobine, masculine plural jacobins, feminine plural jacobines)

1. Jacobin

Noun

jacobin m (plural jacobins)

1. Jacobin

Further reading

• “jacobin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Noun

jacobin m (plural jacobini)

1. obsolete form of iacobin

Declension

Declension of jacobin

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	jacobin	jacobinul		jacobini	jacobinii
genitive-dative	jacobin	jacobinului		jacobini	jacobinilor
vocative	jacobinule			jacobinilor

References

• jacobin in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN