"jane" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒeɪn/ Forms: janes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Old French Jannes (“Genoway”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|Jannes||Genoway}} Old French Jannes (“Genoway”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} jane (plural janes)
  1. (obsolete) A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Prostitution
    Sense id: en-jane-en-noun-TnX1~lcD Disambiguation of Prostitution: 34 9 36 21 Categories (other): English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /d͡ʒeɪn/ Forms: janes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: Alternative forms. Head templates: {{en-noun}} jane (plural janes)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Jane (extra: a woman)
    Sense id: en-jane-en-noun-rfyufYEt
  2. Alternative spelling of jean Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: jean Categories (topical): Prostitution
    Sense id: en-jane-en-noun-kp2Lcpab Disambiguation of Prostitution: 34 9 36 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 6 57 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 8 55 12
  3. A female client of a prostitute. Categories (topical): Prostitution
    Sense id: en-jane-en-noun-FCTHK-9N Disambiguation of Prostitution: 34 9 36 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} jane
  1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃね Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: じゃね

Noun [Pali]

Head templates: {{head|pi|noun form}} jane
  1. locative singular of jana Tags: form-of, locative, singular Form of: jana
    Sense id: en-jane-pi-noun-bBwabFvh Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. accusative plural of jana Tags: accusative, form-of, plural Form of: jana
    Sense id: en-jane-pi-noun-qnIHzPqi Categories (other): Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 𑀚 [Brahmi, character], 𑀦 [Brahmi, character], 𑁂 [Brahmi, character], [Devanagari, character], [Devanagari, character], [Devanagari, character], জনে [Bengali], ජනෙ [Sinhalese, character], ဇနေ, ၹၼေ [Burmese, character], ชเน, ชะเน [Thai, character], ᨩᨶᩮ [Tai-Tham, character], ຊເນ, ຊະເນ [Lao, character], ជនេ [Khmer, character], 𑄎𑄚𑄬 [Chakma, character]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ຊະເນ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Khmer",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ជនេ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chakma",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𑄎𑄚𑄬"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jane"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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