jaque

See also: ja que and já que

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒak/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese jaca (“jackfruit”), from Malayalam ചക്ക (cakka) / Tamil சக்கை (cakkai).

Noun

jaque m or f (plural jaques)

1. jackfruit

Alternative forms

• jacque

Derived terms

• jaquier (“jackfruit tree”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French jaque; see there for more.

Noun

jaque m (plural jaques)

1. (historical) gambison

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• jacque

Etymology

Usually linked to the given name Jacques; an alternative origin connects it with jaque (“coat of arms”), which is from Arabic شـَكّ (šakk, “breastplate”).

Noun

jaque oblique singular, m (oblique plural jaques, nominative singular jaques, nominative plural jaque)

1. a gambison; a type of tight-fitting shirt

Derived terms

• jaquet, jacquet

Descendants

• French: jaque
• → Catalan: jaca
• → German: Schecke, Jacke
• → Italian: giacca
• → Middle English: jakke, jacke, jak, jake
  • English: jack
  • Yola: jock
• → Romanian: geacă
• → Sicilian: giacca
• → Venetan: xaca

From diminutive jaquet:

• French: jaquette
  • → Catalan: jaqueta
  • → German: Jackett
  • → Greek: ζακέτα (zakéta)
  • → Romanian: jachetă
  • → Italian: giacchetta
  • → Sicilian: giacchetta
  • → Spanish: chaqueta
  • → Portuguese: jaqueta
• → English: jacket
  • → Albanian: xhaketë
  • → Irish: seaicéad
  • → Scottish Gaelic: seacaid