bouogi

bouogei (infinitive)
bouogeaunt (gerund)
bouog (auxiliary)
bouogei (masculine participle past singular)
bouogeie (feminine participle past singular)
bouogeis (masculine participle past plural)
bouogeies (feminine participle past plural)
bouogeoums (first-person indicative plural present)
bouogiz (indicative plural present)
bouogeeis (imperfect indicative singular)
bouogeeis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bouogeeit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bouogeioums (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bouogeiaez (imperfect indicative plural)
bouogeeient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bouogeis (indicative preterite singular)
bouogeis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
bouogeît (indicative preterite singular third-person)
bouogeîmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
bouogeîtes (indicative plural preterite)
bouogeîtent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
bouogeerai (future indicative singular)
bouogeeras (future indicative second-person singular)
bouogeera (future indicative singular third-person)
bouogeeroums (first-person future indicative plural)
bouogeeraez (future indicative plural)
bouogeerount (future indicative plural third-person)
bouogeereis (conditional indicative singular)
bouogeereis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
bouogeereit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
bouogeerioums (conditional first-person indicative plural)
bouogeeriaez (conditional indicative plural)
bouogeereient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
bouogeioums (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bouogeiaez (plural present subjunctive)
bouogeisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bouogeisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bouogeisse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bouogeissioums (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bouogeissiaez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
bouogeîtent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
bouogoums (first-person imperative plural)
bouogeiz (imperative plural)

From Vulgar Latin *bullicāre, frequentative of Latin bulliō, bullīre.


camailli

Probably from Old French camailler (compare French chamailler), from camail, from Old Occitan capmalh.


cêssi

(Jersey, transitive, ~ de + infinitive) to cease, stop


houinner

Borrowed from English whine or Old Norse veina (“to moan”) or hvína (“to whine”) ( + -er).


c'mander

From Old French comander, from Latin commandāre, variant of commendāre.


chèrchi

From Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circō, circāre, from Latin circa.


calfaîter

Ultimately from Arabic قِلَافَة (qilāfa, “caulking”) (compare French calfater, Spanish calafatear).


chouaîsi

From Old French choisir, coisir (“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Frankish *kausjan (“to choose”), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”).


cailli

From Old French coaillier, quailler (compare French cailler), from Vulgar Latin *coaglāre/ *quaglāre, from syncopation of Latin coāgulāre, present active infinitive of coāgulō.


chèrgi

From Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricāre, from Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros.


baîsi

From Old French baisier, from Latin bāsiāre, present active infinitive of bāsiō (“I kiss”).


catouoilli

From Old French catellier (“to excite, cause tremors”) (compare French chatouiller), from Medieval Latin catilō (“to tickle”), from Frankish *kitilōn (“to tickle”), from Proto-Germanic *kitilōną, frequentative of *kitōną (“to tickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *geyd- (“to stick, jab, tickle”).


couochi

From Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre (“set in place”).


plieuther

From Old French plorer, from Latin plōrō, plōrāre (“cry out”).

d'la plieuth'thie et d'la grînch'chie d'dents


concèrner

From Medieval Latin concernere (“to distinguish, to have respect to”), combined form of Latin con- + cernō, cernere (“distinguish”).


craûler

Borrowed from Old Norse krafla, from Proto-Germanic *krablōną, a variant of *krabblōną, frequentative of *krabbōną (“to scratch, scrape”).


convèrti

From Old French convertir, from Latin convertō, convertere.


craître

From Old French croistre, creistre, from Latin crēscō, crēscere (“increase, rise, grow, thrive; multiply, augment”).


continnuer

Borrowed from Latin continuāre, present active infinitive of continuō (“I extend, prolong, continue”).


craithe

craithe (infinitive)
criyant (gerund)
aver (auxiliary)
creu (masculine participle past singular)
crai (indicative present singular)
crait (indicative present singular)
criyons (indicative plural present)
criyiz (indicative plural present)
criyez (indicative plural present)
craient (indicative plural present)
criyais (imperfect indicative singular)
criyait (imperfect indicative singular)
criyêmes (imperfect indicative plural)
criyions (imperfect indicative plural)
criyêtes (imperfect indicative plural)
criyiez (imperfect indicative plural)
criyaient (imperfect indicative plural)
crus (indicative preterite singular)
crut (indicative preterite singular)
creûnmes (indicative plural preterite)
crûtes (indicative plural preterite)
crûdres (indicative plural preterite)
crûtent (indicative plural preterite)
crûdrent (indicative plural preterite)
craithai (future indicative singular)
craithas (future indicative singular)
craitha (future indicative singular)
craithons (future indicative plural)
craithez (future indicative plural)
craithont (future indicative plural)
craithais (conditional indicative singular)
craithait (conditional indicative singular)
craithêmes (conditional indicative plural)
craithions (conditional indicative plural)
craithêtes (conditional indicative plural)
craithiez (conditional indicative plural)
craithaient (conditional indicative plural)
craie (present singular subjunctive)
craithêmes (plural present subjunctive)
criyions (plural present subjunctive)
craithêtes (plural present subjunctive)
criyiez (plural present subjunctive)
craient (plural present subjunctive)
crûsse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
crûssions (imperfect plural subjunctive)
crûssyiz (imperfect plural subjunctive)
crûssiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
crûssent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
crai (imperative singular)
criyons (imperative plural)
criyez (imperative plural)
criyiz (imperative plural)

From Old French creire, croire, from Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō (“I believe”).

(Jersey, religion, etc.) to believe in (have faith, have belief)


gargouoilli

From Old French gargoule (“throat”) (compare French gargouiller).


gronner

From Latin grunnio, grunnīre (compare French grogner).


g'ler

From Old French geler, from Latin gelō, gelāre, from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).


gouvèrner

From Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, gubernāre, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I steer, drive, govern”).


gouôter

From Old French gouster (compare French goûter), from Latin gustō, gustāre, from gustus (“a tasting, sampling”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

la preuve du podîn ch'est dé l'gouôter

the proof of the pudding is in the eating


fourtchi

From Old Northern French forque (“fork”) + -i.

Si ch'est bêtchi, froutchi, houetter - dans l'gardîn coumme au clios, y'a du travas à r'graie.

2013 March 5, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier, archived from the original on 2016-03-13, page 20:

Whether its spadework, forks or hoes, whether in the garden or the field, there's work to be done.


fliotter

From Old French floter, of undetermined Germanic origins.


forchi

From Vulgar Latin *fortiāre, from Late Latin fortia, from Latin fortis (“strong”).


fouoilli

From Vulgar Latin *fodiculare, from Latin fodicō, fodicāre (“dig; pierce, stab”), frequentative of fodiō, fodere (“dig; mine, quarry”).


fliantchi

flianc (“flank”) + -i (compare French flanquer).


faûchi

From Vulgar Latin *falciāre (compare French faucher, Italian falciare), from Latin falx, falcis (“sickle, scythe”) (compare faûcil'ye), from Proto-Indo-European *dhalk-, *dhalg- (“a cutting tool”).


flieuthi

From Old French florir, from Late Latin flōrīre, from Latin flōrēre.

r'flieuthi

to reflower, rebloom, reblossom, flower again, bloom again, blossom again


tchitch'un

(Jersey) someone, somebody, anyone, anybody


env'yer tchitch'un à paître

send someone packing
send someone packing

(Jersey) to send someone packing (literally, "to put someone out to pasture")


ristchi

Compare French risquer, Italian rischiare.


cont'nîn

From Old French contenir, borrowed from Latin contineō, continēre.


pliôre

From Vulgar Latin *plovere, from Classical Latin pluere.

Quànd i' plleut ôve vent d'aval, / Nourrit l'houme et sen cheval; / Quànd i' plleut ôve vent d'amont, / Ch'est merveille si tout ne fond.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 535:

When it rains with a westerly wind it feed man and beast; but when it rains with an east wind it is a marvel if everything does not melt.


v'nîn

From Old French venir, from Latin venīre.


tchîncailli

From Old French quincaille + -yi (compare French quincaillier).


èrpéter

From Old French repeter, borrowed from Latin repetō, repetere, from re- (“again”) + petō, petere (“attack, beseech”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fall; fly”).


dêchèrgi

From Old French deschargier (“to unload”).

(Jersey)
(Jersey, computing) to download


èrconfidguther

èr- (“re-”) + confidguther (“to configure”)


r'graie

re- (“re-”) + graie (“to arrange, prepare”)


r'tèrgi

From Old French retarder. Compare Old French atargier.


r'lâchi

From Old French relascher (“to release”).

(Jersey, nautical) to put (back) into port


r'muer

From Latin removeō, removēre (“remove, take away”).


adjectif dêmonstratif

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adjectif dêmonstratif m (plural adjectifs dêmonstratifs)

demonstrative adjective
demonstrative adjective

(Jersey, grammar) demonstrative adjective


r'vénîn

From Old French revenir, from Latin reveniō, revenīre (“come back, return”).


veue à strober

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veue à strober f (plural veues à strober)


veues

plural of veue (“eyesight; light, lighthouse; headlight, headlamp”)


r'niflier

re- (“re-”) + Old French nifler (compare French renifler)


x-rayeux

x-rayeux m (plural x-rayeurs, feminine x-rayeuse)


r'fuser

From Vulgar Latin *refusāre, from a blend of Latin refutō, refutāre (“check, repress; restrain, oppose; refute”) and recusō, recusāre (“refuse, decline; object to, reject”).


adjectif îndéfinni

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adjectif îndéfinni m (plural adjectifs îndéfinnis)

indefinite adjective
indefinite adjective


veue d'bliâse

(Jersey, automotive) fog light, fog lamp


r'stèrter

From English restart + -er, or èr- (“re-”) + stèrter (“to start up”).


ziper

(Jersey, reflexive, sé ziper) to zip oneself up


boête ès r'pathes

boête ès r'pathes f (plural boêtes ès r'pathes)


boête à doctrinn'nie

boête à doctrinn'nie f (plural boêtes à doctrinn'nie)


ûro

From Ûrope (“Europe”), on the model of Europe, euro.


articl'ye partitive

articl'ye partitive f (plural articl'yes partitives)


kilobouochie

kilo- + bouochie (“bite”), Calque of English kilobyte.


zône

From Latin zōna, from Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle, belt”).


articl'ye îndéfinnie

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articl'ye îndéfinnie f (plural articl'yes îndéfinnies)


Ûropéen

Ûropéen m (plural Ûropéens, feminine Ûropéenne)


carte dé débit

carte dé débit f (plural cartes dé débit)


adjectif èrlatif

adjectif èrlatif m (plural adjectifs èrlatifs)


bîngue à boutelles

bîngue à boutelles f (plural bîngues à boutelles)


articl'ye définnie

articl'ye définnie f (plural articl'yes définnies)


plianche

From Old French planche, from Vulgar Latin planca, probably from palanca, from Latin phalanga (“wooden roller; pole for carrying things”).


caméra d'vidgo

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caméra d'vidgo m (plural caméras d'vidgo)


point virdgule

point virdgule m (plural points virdgules)


caméra d'seurvillance

caméra d'seurvillance m (plural caméras d'seurvillance)

(Jersey) surveillance camera closed-circuit camera


crotchet cârré

crotchet cârré m (plural crotchets cârrés)


cricots d'contact

cricot d'contact
cricot d'contact#Norman


cricot d'contact

cricot d'contact m (plural cricots d'contact)


vouoyelle

From Old French vouel, from Latin vōcālis.


corrigeux d'êcrithie

corrigeux d'êcrithie m (plural corrigeux d'êcrithie)


convèrsâtion

From Old French conversation, from Latin conversātiō, conversātiōnem (“conversation”), from conversō, conversāre (“abide, keep company with”).


êcrituthe

From Old French escriture, from Latin scrīptūra (“a writing, scripture”), from scrīptum, the supine of scrībō (“I write”).


disque èrenr'gistrabl'ye

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disque èrenr'gistrabl'ye m (plural disques èrenr'gistrabl'yes)


d'sodorant à rouôler

d'sodorant à rouôler m (plural d'sodorants à rouôler)


disque enr'gistrabl'ye

disque enr'gistrabl'ye m (plural disques enr'gistrabl'yes)


chaîne d'èrmuage

chaîne d'èrmuage f (plural chaînes d'èrmuage)


point d'excliamâtion

point d'excliamâtion m (plural points d'excliamâtion)


point d'tchestchionn'nie

point d'tchestchionn'nie m (plural points d'tchestchionn'nie)


policemainne dormant

policemainne dormant m (plural policemainnes dormants)


futur continnu

futur continnu m (plural futurs continnus)


caûffer

From Old Northern French, variant of Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin *cal(e)fāre, from Latin calefaciō, calefacere (“warm, heat”, verb).


r'calibrâtion

èr- (“re-”) + calibrâtion (“calibration”)


fronmage

From Old French fromage, from Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, from Latin fōrma (“shape, form, mould”).


r'cliâmer

From Old French reclamer, borrowed from Latin reclāmō, reclāmāre.


r'cliâmâtion

Borrowed from Latin rēclāmātiō, from reclāmō, reclāmāre. By surface analysis, r'cliâmer (“to reclaim”) + -âtion.


crâsset

I' dêteingnit l'crâsset

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 22:


acrobate dé trapèze

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acrobate dé trapèze m (plural acrobates dé trapèze)


envithonnementaliste

envithonnementaliste m or f (plural envithonnementalistes)

envithonnementa (“environmental”) + -iste (“-ist”)


împressionniste

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împressionniste m or f (plural împressionnistes)

împression (“impression”) + -iste (“-ist”)


împressionnisme

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împressionnisme m (plural împressionnismes)

împression (“impression”) + -isme (“-ism”)


avantgardgisme

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avantgardgisme m (plural avantgardgismes)

From French avant-garde + -isme (“-ism”).


sociolîndgiste

sociolîndgiste m or f (plural sociolîndgistes)


atmosphéthe

From New Latin atmosphaera, from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “steam”) + σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “sphere”).


avantgardgiste

avantgardgiste m or f (plural avantgardgistes)

From French avant-garde + -iste (“-ist”).


lîndgiste

From Latin lingua (“tongue; language”) + -iste (“-ist”).


êducâtionnaliste

êducâtionnaliste m or f (plural êducâtionnalistes)

êducâtion + -al + -iste, calque of English educationalist.


terreuriste

terreuriste m or f (plural terreuristes)

terreur + -iste, calque of English terrorist


dêrâlleux

(Jersey, cycling) derailleur; derailleur gear


faciliteux

faciliteux m (plural faciliteurs, feminine facilit'rêsse)

faciliteurs (plural)
facilit'rêsse (feminine)


sociolîndgistique

socio- + lîndgistique (“linguistic; linguistics”)


sociolîndgistique

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sociolîndgistique f (plural sociolîndgistiques)


fliantcheux hors

fliantcheux hors m (plural fliantcheurs hors)


hijatchi

Alternative form of haïjatchi (“to hijack”)


nâtionnaliste

nâtionnaliste m or f (plural nâtionnalistes)


sociologiste

sociologiste m or f (plural sociologistes)

sociologie + -iste, calque of English sociologist (compare French sociologue)


mèrtcheux leunminneux

mèrtcheux leunminneux m (plural mèrtcheurs leunminneux)


gardeuse d'êfants

gardeuse d'êfants f (plural gardeuses d'êfants)

gardeux d'êfants
gardeux d'êfants#Norman

female equivalent of gardeux d'êfants (“babysitter”)


hijatcheux

Alternative form of haïjatcheux (“hijacker”)


gardeux d'êfants

gardeux d'êfants m (plural gardeurs d'êfants, feminine gardeuse d'êfants)

gardeurs d'êfants (plural)
gardeuse d'êfants (feminine)


non-cliuteux

non- + cliuter (“to paste, stick”) + -eux


contchéthi

From Old French conquerre (compare French conquérir), from Latin conquaerō, conquaerere, a variant of conquīrō, conquīrere.


terreurisme

terreur + -isme, calque of English terrorism.


advèrbe

From Latin adverbium, from ad (“towards”) + verbum (“word”).


Hèrme

Possibly from either Old Norse armr (“arm”), due to the shape of the island, or Old French eremite (“hermit”), because of the island's history as a centre of monastic activity.


annînmâtion

From Latin animātiō (“the act of animating or giving life to, animation”), from animō, animāre (“animate, quicken; transform into a living being, give or bring life”).


arbre dé fanmil'ye

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arbre dé fanmil'ye m (plural arbres dé fanmil'ye)


-âtion

From Old French -ation, borrowed from Latin -ātiō, an alternative form of -tiō.


sannouich'chie

sannouich'chie f (plural sannouich'chies)


atonme

From Old French atome, from Latin atomus (“smallest particle”), from Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos, “indivisible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).


vèrbe transitif

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vèrbe transitif m (plural vèrbes transitifs)


vèrbe auxiliaithe

vèrbe auxiliaithe m (plural vèrbes auxiliaithes)


vèrbe réfliéchi

vèrbe réfliéchi m (plural vèrbes réfliéchis)


vèrbe rédgulyi

vèrbe rédgulyi m (plural vèrbes rédgulièrs)


chanolle ès pédales

chanolle ès pédales f (plural chanolles ès pédales)


câbl'ye dé chabot

câbl'ye dé chabot m (plural câbl'yes dé chabot)


barre dé travèrs

barre dé travèrs f (plural barres dé travèrs)


vèrbe irrédgulyi

vèrbe irrédgulyi m (plural vèrbes irrédgulièrs)


lévyi d'chabot

lévyi d'chabot m (plural lévièrs d'chabot)


compiuteu d'paûmé

compiuteu d'paûmé m (plural compiuteurs d'paûmé)

personal digital assistant
personal digital assistant

(Jersey, computing) personal digital assistant, palmtop


dynnamo

From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).

der

dynamo-electric machine
dynamo-electric machine

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) dynamo, dynamo-electric machine


lévyi d'vitesse

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lévyi d'vitesse m (plural lévièrs d'vitesse)

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) gear-change lever


reue d'êpaîngne

reue d'êpaîngne f (plural reues d'êpaîngne)

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) spare wheel, spare tyre


reue dé driéthe

reue dé driéthe f (plural reues dé driéthe)


pièche d'êpaîngne

pièche d'êpaîngne f (plural pièches d'êpaîngne)


tigue dé selle

tigue dé selle f (plural tigues dé selle)

(Jersey, cycling) seat post, saddle stem


êtreindre

From Old French estreindre, from Latin stringō, stringere (“press, tighten, compress”).


reue dé d'vant

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reue dé d'vant f (plural reues dé d'vant)


clioche

From Old French cloche, from Early Medieval Latin clocca.


vèrbe împèrsonnel

vèrbe împèrsonnel m (plural vèrbes împèrsonnels)


êsseu ès pédales

êsseu ès pédales m (plural êsseurs ès pédales)


p'tit compiuteu

p'tit compiuteu m (plural p'tits compiuteurs)


câbl'ye

From Old Northern French cable, from Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”).


bike à montangne

bike à montangne f (plural bikes à montangne)


rouôl'lie à balles

rouôl'lie à balles f (plural rouôl'lies à balles)


êsseu

From Vulgar Latin *axile, from Latin axis.

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) axle, wheel spindle


paûmé

From Old French paume, from Latin palma.


programmeux d'compiuteu

programmeux d'compiuteu m (plural programmeurs d'compiuteu)


vèrbe întransitif

vèrbe întransitif m (plural vèrbes întransitifs)


transsexualité

transsexualité f (plural transsexualités)


nom collectif

nom collectif m (plural noms collectifs)


multilîndgisme

multilîndgisme m (plural multilîndgismes)

multi- + Latin lingua (“tongue; language”) + -isme


téléphône dé pouchette

téléphône dé pouchette m (plural téléphônes dé pouchette)


almonnas d'téléphone

almonnas d'téléphone m (plural almonnas d'téléphone)


maît' à pause

maît' à pause m (plural maîtres à pause, feminine maitrêsse à pause)

maîtres à pause (plural)
maitrêsse à pause (feminine)


vèrbe

From Old French verbe, from Latin verbum (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-.


avion à réaction

avion à réaction m (plural avions à réaction)


dêgôrer

(Jersey) to flow rapidly and frequently, be in spate, flow in torrents


ballon dé sauveté

ballon dé sauveté m (plural ballons dé sauveté)


abbêsse

From Old French abaesse, abeesse, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbātissa, feminine of abbās, abbātis (“abbot”).


melgreu

From Old Norse melr (“dune”) + græs (“grass”) (compare Icelandic melgresi).


mînchi

Borrowed from Old Norse minnka (“to diminish”) + -i.


êtchiper

From Old French esquiper, eschiper (“to board a ship, set sail”), partly from Old English scipian (“to board a ship, set sail”) and partly from Old Norse skipa (“to arrange, prepare a ship, equip”); both from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”), from *skipą (“ship”).


bliat

Borrowed from Old Norse bleikr (“pale”).


bourdon à j'va

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bourdon à j'va m (plural bourdons à j'va)


bâtisse à stâtionner

bâtisse à stâtionner f (plural bâtisses à stâtionner)


râté à fain

râté à fain m (plural râtchieaux à fain)


râté

From Old French rastel, from Latin rāstellus (“rake, how, mattock”), diminutive of rāstrum (“rake”).


homme d'affaithes

homme d'affaithes m (plural hommes d'affaithes)


artchet

(Jersey, music) bow (rod used for playing stringed instruments)


baté pêtcheux

baté pêtcheux m (plural batchieaux pêtcheux)


baté à vaituthes

baté à vaituthes m (plural batchieaux à vaituthes)


baté d'sauvetage

baté d'sauvetage m (plural batchieaux d'sauvetage)


bèr à vrai

vraic cradle (receptacle for gathering seaweed)


c'mîn d'hal'lie

c'mîn d'hal'lie m (plural c'mîns d'hal'lie)


brueûtchet

Borrowed from Old Norse bryske, brjósk (“cartilage”) + -et.


bestchias

Compare Latin bēstiālis, French bestial.


Créateu

From Old French Creator, from Latin creator.


cyprès d'chînm'tchiéthe

cyprès d'chînm'tchiéthe m (plural cyprès d'chînm'tchiéthe)

(Jersey) weeping cypress, Cupressus funebris


bèr

Borrowed from Old Norse bera (“to bear”).


Îles d'la Manche

L's Îles d'la Manche (canonical feminine)


tèrrêtre

From Old French terrestre, from Latin terrestris.

ivy-leaved speedwell
ivy-leaved speedwell

bird's-eye speedwell
bird's-eye speedwell

(Jersey) speedwell; ivy-leaved speedwell (qualifier); germander speedwell, bird's-eye speedwell (qualifier)

Glechoma hederacea
Glechoma hederacea#Translingual

(Jersey) ground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea)


crôton

crôte (“crust”) + -on; compare French croûton


pâraîssien

pâraîssien m (plural pâraîssiens, feminine pâraîssienne)

pâraîssiens (plural)
pâraîssienne (feminine)


V'nise

(Jersey) Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)

(Jersey) Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)


cantique d'Noué

cantique d'Noué m (plural cantiques d'Noué)

cantique dé Noué
cantique dé Noué#Norman


cap'taine

From Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”).


conmédien

conmédien m (plural conmédiens, feminine conmédienne)

conmédiens (plural)
conmédienne (feminine)

Borrowed from French comédien, from comédie (“comedy”).


paîssonnyi

paîssonnyi m (plural paîssonnièrs, feminine paîssonniéthe)

paîssonnièrs (plural)
paîssonniéthe (feminine)


Ch'na

(Jersey) the Channel, English Channel (a large strait between England and France)


meurtriyi

meurtre (“murder”) + -yi, Old French murtrier


ch'na

From Old French chenel, from Latin canālis.


seurgien

From Old French surgien, from *chīrūrgiānus, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Classical Latin chīrūrgia (“surgery”), from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).


navithe à vailes

navithe à vailes m (plural navithes à vailes)


parchonnyi

parchonnyi m (plural parchonnièrs, feminine parchonniéthe)

parchonnièrs (plural)
parchonniéthe (feminine)

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French parçonneour, from parçon (“partition”)).


monnyi

From Old French meunier, munoiere, from Late Latin molīnārius, from molīnus, from Latin molō.


chav'tchi

From Old French chavate (“shoe”) + -yi (compare French savetier).


fonctionnaithe

fonctionnaithe m or f (plural fonctionnaithes)


navithe dé dgèrre

navithe dé dgèrre m (plural navithes dé dgèrre)


Êclon

(Jersey, astronomy) the Plough, the Big Dipper


gardgien

gardgien m (plural gardgiens, feminine gardgienne)

gardgiens (plural)
gardgienne (feminine)


navithe du preunmié rang

navithe du preunmié rang m (plural navithes du preunmié rang)

(Jersey, nautical, military) ship of the line


hèrnais à bannieaux

hèrnais à bannieaux m (plural hèrnais à bannieaux)


fliotchet

Borrowed from Old Norse flokkr (“group”) + -et.


hèrnais à cidre

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hèrnais à cidre m (plural hèrnais à cidre)


hèrnais à êclon

hèrnais à êclon m (plural hèrnais à êclon)


badlagoule

bailleux d'goule
bailleux d'goule#Norman


critchet

From Old French criquet, from criquer (“to make a cracking sound”).


dressinne-têbl'ye

dressinne-têbl'ye m (plural dressinne-têbl'yes)


démié-

From Latin dīmidium (“divided in half”).


êtrueûlée chimique

êtrueûlée chimique f (plural êtrueûlées chimiques)


êtrueûlée d'pétrole

êtrueûlée d'pétrole f (plural êtrueûlées d'pétrole)


êtravelée d'cartchaîson

êtravelée d'cartchaîson f (plural êtravelées d'cartchaîson)


êtâne

(Jersey, nautical) stem, stempost (of boat, ship)


violonniste

violonniste m or f (plural violonnistes)


douoyen

douoyen m (plural douoyens, feminine douoyenne)

From Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus (“chief of ten people; dean”), from Latin decem (“ten”).


d'mié-chent'naithe

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d'mié-chent'naithe m (plural d'mié-chent'naithes)

démié- (“half”) + chent'naithe (“centenary”)


fréthe emprunté

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fréthe emprunté m (plural fréthes empruntés)


bailleux d'goule

bailleux d'goule m (plural bailleurs d'goule)


êtchipe dé filméthie

êtchipe dé filméthie f (plural êtchipes dé filméthie)


êcârreuse dé beusse

êcârreuse dé beusse f (plural êcârreuses dé beusse)


èrjouêthie d'action

èrjouêthie d'action f (plural èrjouêthies d'action)

(Jersey, sports, television) action replay, instant replay


critchet d'âtre

critchet d'âtre m (plural critchets d'âtre)


êcârreuse à dêchèrgi

êcârreuse à dêchèrgi f (plural êcârreuses à dêchèrgi)


êrachi

From Old French esrachier (“to eradicate; to get rid of”), from Latin ērādīcō, ērādīcāre (“root out; extirpate, annihilate”).

uder

(Jersey, dentistry) to extract (a tooth)


èrrer

From Old French errer, from Latin errō, errāre (“go astray, err”).


êcarceux d'beusse

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êcarceux d'beusse m (plural êcarceurs d'beusse)


êchitchi

From Old Northern French eskekier, from Medieval Latin scaccārium, from Vulgar Latin *scaccus (“chess”).


êcart à dêchèrgi

êcart à dêchèrgi m (plural êcarts à dêchèrgi)


chent'nyi

(Jersey, law enforcement) centenier, policeman


homme à tout faithe

homme à tout faithe m (plural hommes à tout faithe)


enfé

From Old French enfer, from Latin īnfernus (“of the lower regions; infernal, hellish”).


chent'naithe

From Late Latin centēnārius (“of one hundred”), from Latin centēnī (“one hundred each”) (from centum (“hundred”)) + -ārius.


dans un clyîn dg'yi

in the wink of an eye
in the wink of an eye

(Jersey, idiomatic) in the wink of an eye


înstâller

From Medieval Latin installō, installāre (“install, put in place, establish”).


êt'

êt' (infinitive)
étant (gerund)
aver (auxiliary)
'té (masculine participle past singular)
sis (indicative present singular)
es (indicative present singular)
est (indicative present singular)
sommes (indicative plural present)
êtes (indicative plural present)
sont (indicative plural present)
tais (imperfect indicative singular)
étais (imperfect indicative singular)
'tais (imperfect indicative singular)
'tait (imperfect indicative singular)
étions (imperfect indicative plural)
étchions (imperfect indicative plural)
étiez (imperfect indicative plural)
taient (imperfect indicative plural)
fus (indicative preterite singular)
fut (indicative preterite singular)
feûnmes (indicative plural preterite)
fûtes (indicative plural preterite)
fûtent (indicative plural preterite)
s'sai (future indicative singular)
s'sas (future indicative singular)
s'sa (future indicative singular)
s'sons (future indicative plural)
s'sez (future indicative plural)
s'sont (future indicative plural)
s'sais (conditional indicative singular)
s'sait (conditional indicative singular)
séthions (conditional indicative plural)
séthiez (conditional indicative plural)
s'saient (conditional indicative plural)
sais (present singular subjunctive)
sait (present singular subjunctive)
séyons (plural present subjunctive)
séyiz (plural present subjunctive)
saient (plural present subjunctive)
fûsse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fûsses (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fûssions (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fûssyiz (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fûssiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fûssent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
sai (imperative singular)
séyons (imperative plural)
séyiz (imperative plural)


êcarceux à dêchèrgi

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êcarceux à dêchèrgi m (plural êcarceurs à dêchèrgi)


lanche-fliambes

lanche-fliambes m (plural lanche-fliambes)


rouoge soudard

rouoge soudard m (plural rouoges soudards)


êcart dé beusse

êcart dé beusse m (plural êcarts dé beusse)


gardeux d'quart

gardeux d'quart m (plural gardeurs d'quart)


quartchi-maître

quartchi-maître m (plural quartchi-maîtres)

(Jersey, military, nautical) quartermaster


quéméreu digital

quéméreu digital m (plural quéméreux digitaux)


quart d'heuthe

quart d'heuthe m (plural quarts d'heuthe)


kiosque d'téléphône

kiosque d'téléphône m (plural kiosques d'téléphône)


téléphone dé pouchette

téléphone dé pouchette m (plural téléphones dé pouchette)

téléphône dé pouchette
téléphône dé pouchette#Norman

Alternative form of téléphône dé pouchette (“mobile phone”)


quêméreu digital

quêméreu digital m (plural quêméreux digitaux)

quéméreu digital
quéméreu digital#Norman


quartchi

From Medieval Latin quarterium, from Latin quartārium (“fourth part”).


pèlerîn

From Old French pelerin, from Ecclesiastical Latin pelegrinus, from Classical Latin peregrinus.

Rouage ser, gris matin, ch'est la jouaie du pélerin.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 534:

A red evening and a grey morning are the pilgrim's joy.


litchide à vaissieaux

litchide à vaissieaux m (plural litchides à vaissieaux)


trêfl'ye d'natuthe

trêfl'ye d'natuthe m (plural trêfl'yes d'natuthe)

Trifolium repens
Trifolium repens#Translingual

(Jersey) white clover (Trifolium repens)


lînmite dg'ièrre

lînmite dg'ièrre f (plural lînmites dg'ièrre)


trêfl'ye à moutons

trêfl'ye à moutons m (plural trêfl'yes à moutons)

Medicago lupulina
Wikispecies:Medicago lupulina

(Jersey) black medic (Medicago lupulina)


lînmite

From Old French limite, from Latin līmes, līmitis (“limit, border, path”).


lînmite dé vitesse

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lînmite dé vitesse f (plural lînmites dé vitesse)


trêfl'ye dg'ieau

trêfl'ye dg'ieau m (plural trêfl'yes dg'ieau)

(Jersey) greater bird's-foot trefoil, marsh bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus).

Menyanthes trifoliata
Menyanthes trifoliata#Translingual

(Jersey) buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)


trêfl'ye à ouognons

trêfl'ye à ouognons m (plural trêfl'yes à ouognons)

(Jersey) large-flowered pink-sorrel (Oxalis debilis)

(Jersey) Mexican oxalis (Oxalis latifolia)

(Jersey) four-leaf sorrel, four-leaf pink sorrel, four-leaved oxalis (Oxalis tetraphylla)


trêfl'ye d'Jérusalem

trêfl'ye d'Jérusalem m (plural trêfl'yes d'Jérusalem)

Medicago arabica
Wikispecies:Medicago arabica

(Jersey) spotted medick, spotted burclover, heart clover (Medicago arabica)


naûfragi

From Latin naufragāre, present active infinitive of naufragō (“I become shipwrecked”).


rouoge trêfl'ye

rouoge trêfl'ye m (plural rouoges trêfl'yes)

Trifolium pratense
Trifolium pratense#Translingual

(Jersey) red clover (Trifolium pratense)


lait d'bronzage

lait d'bronzage m (plural laits d'bronzage)


lîn

From Old French, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līno-.


înfecter

Borrowed from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō, īnficere (“dye, taint”).


êtablyi

From Old French establir, from Latin stabiliō, stabilīre.


enflier

From Old French enfler, from Latin inflō, inflāre.


d'sharmonie

(Jersey, music or figuratively) disharmony


harmonnique

From Latin harmonicus, from Ancient Greek ἁρμονικός (harmonikós), from ἁρμονία (harmonía, “harmony”) (compare harmonie).


dêniêthie

From Old French denoier (“to deny, repudiate”) + -ie.


dêcouvri

From Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperiō, discooperīre, from Latin dis- + cooperiō, cooperīre.


dêclyinnaîson

From Old French declinaison, from Latin dēclīnātiō.


dêclyinner

From Old French decliner, borrowed from Latin dēclīnō, dēclīnāre (“bend, turn aside, deflect, inflect, decline”), from de (“down”) + clīnō, clīnāre (“bend, incline”).


avaine

From Old French aveine, from Latin avēna (“oats”).


bichent'naithe

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bichent'naithe m (plural bichent'naithes)


aûmathe dé baté

aûmathe dé baté f (plural aûmathes dé baté)


êpaîngni

From Old French espargnier (compare French épargner), from Frankish *sparanjan, from Proto-Germanic *sparōną.


chînm'tchiéthe

chînm'tchiéthe m (plural chînm'tchiéthes)

From Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”).


calendriyi

From Old French calendier, from Latin calendārium (“account book”), from calendae (“the first day of the month”), from calō, calāre (“announce solemnly, call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-.


feu ortcheux

(Jersey, pathology) nettle rash, urticaria


dêmonstratif

From Old French demonstrer, from Latin dēmonstrō, dēmōnstrāre.


assèrmentâtion

assèrmentâtion f (plural assèrmentâtions)


chuchoteux

chuchoteux m (plural chuchoteurs, feminine chuchoteuse)

chuchoteurs (plural)
chuchoteuse (feminine)


consillieux

From Latin cōnsiliārius (“counselling, advising”).


artill'lie d'pid

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artill'lie d'pid f (plural artill'lies d'pids)


agent d'asseûthance

agent d'asseûthance m (plural agents d'asseûthance)


drécheux

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French dresseur).


compteux

From Old French conteor, from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō, computāre.


êcoles du Dînmanche

êcole du Dînmanche
êcole du Dînmanche#Norman


êcole du Dînmanche

êcole du Dînmanche f (plural êcoles du Dînmanche)


gliaineux

gliainer (“to pick up (potatoes)”) + -eux


gliainer

(Jersey, agriculture) to pick, pick up (potatoes)


dréchi

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Old French dresser), from Vulgar Latin *dīrectiāre, from Latin dīrectus (“straight”).


env'yeux

env'yer (“to send”) + -eux (compare French envoyeur)


Califournie

(Jersey) California (a state of the United States)


dgetter

From Old French gaiter, guaitier, gaitier (“to watch; to survey”), from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”).


futhet

From a diminutive of Old French fuiron (“weasel, ferret”), from Late Latin fūrō (“cat; robber”), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).


lieut'nant-gouvèrneux

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lieut'nant-gouvèrneux m (plural lieut'nant-gouvèrneux)

(Jersey, government) lieutenant governor


malfaiteux

From Latin malefactor (compare French malfaiteur).


mitheux

From Old French mireor, from mirer (“to look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”).


êcouter

Inherited from Old French escouter, from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre.


gaspilleux

From Middle French gaspiller (“to waste”) (c. 1549). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a modification of Middle French gaspailler (“to throw back/reject bullets of wheat”) from Old French gaspail, vaspale (“bullet of wheat”) (compare Medieval Latin gaspalium; Old Northern French waspail (“chaff”)), from Frankish *wispila (“measure of grain”) from Proto-Germanic *wisp- (“measure of grain”). Akin to Middle Dutch wispel, Middle Low German wispel, Norwegian visp, English wisp (“handful or bundle of hay or grass”). More at wisp.
Alternate etymology connects Middle French gaspiller to Frankish *gaspillan, *gaspildjan (“to waste”) from Proto-Germanic *gaspilþijaną (“to destroy, waste”), from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (“to break off, split”), making it cognate with Old High German gaspildan (“to squander, waste”), Middle Dutch spillen (“to waste”), Old English ġespillan (“to spill, waste, spend”). Compare also Occitan guespillar, gispillar (“to trouble, tease”) from the same Germanic source. More at spill.


par êcantement

(Jersey) for laughs, for the sake of it, out of idle curiosity


aumônyi

From Old French aumosnier, almosnier, from almosne (“alms”), from Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē).


couôsîn r'mué

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couôsîn r'mué m (plural couôsîns r'mués, feminine couôsinne r'muée)

couôsîns r'mués (plural)
couôsinne r'muée (feminine)


couôsîn gèrmain

couôsîn gèrmain m (plural couôsîns gèrmains, feminine couôsinne gèrmaine)

couôsîns gèrmains (plural)
couôsinne gèrmaine (feminine)


couochons d'la Dginnée

couochon d'la Dginnée
couochon d'la Dginnée#Norman


couochon d'la Dginnée

couochon d'la Dginnée m (plural couochons d'la Dginnée)


gèrmain

From Old French germain, borrowed from Latin germānus.


Dginnée

(Jersey) Guinea (a country in West Africa)


couongnac

Borrowed from French cognac, from Cognac, from Medieval Latin Comniacum.


Ph'lippinnes

(Jersey) Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


êtchuménisme

From Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “the world; the inhabited world”) + -isme.


bilîngue

From Latin bilinguis, from bis (“twice; in two ways”) + lingua (“tongue; language”).


nâtionaliste

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nâtionaliste m or f (plural nâtionalistes)


êtchuménique

From Latin oecūmenicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκουμενικός (oikoumenikós, “concerning ἡ οἰκουμένη (hē oikouménē, “the inhabited (earth), the whole (known) world”)”).

uder

οἰκουμενικός

concerning <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἡ οἰκουμένη</i> (hē oikouménē, “the inhabited (earth), the whole (known) world”)

(Jersey, ecclesiastical, etc.) ecumenical


sponsorisâtion

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sponsorisâtion f (plural sponsorisâtions)


spons'rêsses

plural of spons'rêsse (“(female) sponsor”)


sponsorisâtions

plural of sponsorisâtion (“sponsorship”)


întèrgalactique

(Jersey, astronomy) intergalactic (occurring between galaxies)


întèrfache

întèr- + fache, calque of English interface.


stchulptuthe

From Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra.


sponseur

sponseur m (plural sponseurs, feminine spons'rêsse)

sponseurs (plural)
spons'rêsse (feminine)

Borrowed from English sponsor, from Latin spōnsor.


Turtchie

From Medieval Latin Turquia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos).

(Jersey) Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


campangnard

campangnard m (plural campangnards, feminine campangnarde)

campangnards (plural)
campangnarde (feminine)


cap'taines à la course

cap'taine à la course
cap'taine à la course#Norman


cap'taine à la course

cap'taine à la course m (plural cap'taines à la course)


champangne

Borrowed from French champagne, from the region Champagne, from Late Latin campānia, from Latin campus (“plain, field”).


-ouais

From Old French -ois, in some senses from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin -iscus, in others from Latin -ēnsis.

(Jersey) Used to form adjectives related to a particular country, region or city, their associated inhabitant names, and the local language or dialect.


Chinne

From Persian چینی (čini, “Chinese; porcelain”), compound of چین (čin, “China”) and the suffix ـی (-i), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭩𐭭 (čīn, “China”), ultimately from Sanskrit चीन (cīna).


martchieaux

plural of marté (“hammer; blackcap; spotted flycatcher”)


souothis d'clios

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souothis d'clios m (plural souothis d'clios)


métalleurgie

From Ancient Greek μεταλλουργός (metallourgós, “worker in metal”), from μέταλλον (métallon, “metal”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

uder

μεταλλουργός


ochéan

From Old French occean, from Latin Oceanus, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós, “Oceanus”, a water deity).


télévîsion dé satellite

satellite television
satellite television


couochi du solé

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couochi du solé m (plural couochis du solé)


tou d'preinseu

tou d'preinseu m (plural tous d'preinseu)


tchuthitchulum

tchuthitchulum m (plural tchuthitchulums)


advèrsaithe

advèrsaithe m or f (plural advèrsaithes)


extra-tchuthitchulaithe

extra- + tchuthitchulum (“curriculum”) + -aithe


missionnaithe

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missionnaithe m or f (plural missionnaithes)


locataithe

From Latin locātus (“leased, hired out, having been leased”) + -aithe.


mèrcénaithe

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mèrcénaithe m or f (plural mèrcénaithes)

From Latin mercēnārius (“mercenary, hireling”), from merces (“reward, wages, price”).


rîngnon

From Vulgar Latin *rēniō, *rēniōnem, from Latin rēn (“kidney”).


-ificâtion

From Old French -ification, in turn from Latin -ficātiō, a noun ending related to the supine ending -ficātum of first-conjugation verbs ending in -ficō, derived from compounding with faciō.


notaithe

From Old French notarie, from Latin notārius (“note-taker”).


fraidgi

From Old French froidir (“to chill, cool”), from froit, froide (“cold”).


Protchuleux du Bein Publ'yic

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Protchuleux du Bein Publ'yic m (plural Protchuleurs du Bein Publ'yic)

(Jersey, politics) Procureur du Bien Public


dêmoli

From Latin dēmōlior, dēmōlīrī (“demolish, tear down”).


êl'ver

From Latin ēlevō, ēlevāre (“raise, elevate”).


suffotchi

From Latin suffōcō, suffōcāre (“choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate”).


d'fendre

From Old French deffendre, from Latin dēfendō, dēfendere.


respither

From Old French respirer, borrowed from Latin respīrō, respīrāre.


ensîngni

From Old French enseignier, from Vulgar Latin īnsignō, īnsignāre (“engrave”) (also found in Medieval Latin), from Latin signō, signāre (“mark, sign; seal, stamp”), from signum (“mark”).


légionnaithe

From Latin legiōnārius, from legiō (“legion”).


dêtruithe

From Old French destruire, from Vulgar Latin *destrugere, present active infinitive of *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).


millionnaithe

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millionnaithe m or f (plural millionnaithes)


paîvres d'Cayenne

paîvre d'Cayenne
paîvre d'Cayenne#Norman

plural of paîvre d'Cayenne (“cayenne pepper”)


systèmes d'opéthâtion

système d'opéthâtion
système d'opéthâtion#Norman


paîvre d'Cayenne

paîvre d'Cayenne m (plural paîvres d'Cayenne)


système d'opéthâtion

système d'opéthâtion m (plural systèmes d'opéthâtion)


machinnes à rêpondre

machinne à rêpondre
machinne à rêpondre#Norman

plural of machinne à rêpondre (“answering machine”)


vîngtn'yi

(Jersey, law enforcement) vingtenier, policeman


dgiâbl'ye dans la brousse

dgiâbl'ye dans la brousse m (uncountable)


supèrlatif

From Old French superlatif, from Late Latin superlātīvus, from Latin superlātus (“extravagant, of hyperbole”), past participle of superfero (“carry over”), from super (“above”) + fero (“bear, carry”).


propriétaithe

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propriétaithe m or f (plural propriétaithes)


d'mander

From Old French demander, from Latin demandō, demandāre.


d'ver

From Old French deveir, from Latin dēbeō, dēbēre.

Va où tu peux, meurs où tu deis.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 517:


Pays Bastchais

Basque Country
Basque Country#English:_region

(Jersey) Basque Country (a region that straddles the border of Spain and France)


paîvre

From Old French peivre, from Latin piper (“pepper”).

Chièr coume paivre.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 524:


êtchèrre

From Old French esquarre (“square”), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, deverbal of *exquadrō, exquadrāre, from Latin quadrus, quadra.


Bastchais

Bastchais m (plural Bastchais, feminine Bastchaise)

Bastchais (plural)
Bastchaise (feminine)


hâvre

Borrowed from Old Norse höfn, hafn (“port”).


dgaîngues dé garçons

dgaîngue dé garçons
dgaîngue dé garçons#Norman


mastchulîn

From Latin masculīnus, from masculus (“male, masculine”), from mās (“male, man”) + -culus.


dgaîngue dé garçons

dgaîngue dé garçons f (plural dgaîngues dé garçons)


dêtester

From Latin dētestor, dētestārī (“imprecate evil while calling the gods to witness", "denounce", "hate intensely”), from dē + testor, testārī (“testify, bear witness”), from testis (“witness”).


d'scendre

From Old French descendre, borrowed from Latin dēscendō, dēscendere, from dē + scandō, scandere (“climb, ascend”).


otum

spring France: renouvé Guernsey: r'nouvé () Jersey: èrnouvé () Sark: rnuve ()

éto Guernsey: étaï () Jersey: êté () Sark: ete ()

autumn France: arryire Guernsey: autaomme () Jersey: s'tembre () Sark: otum ()

winter France: hivé Guernsey: hivaer () Jersey: hivé () Sark: ive ()


mouothis

(Jersey) first-person singular preterite of mouothi


couothis

(Jersey) first-person singular preterite of couôrre


bouothé

Trisopterus luscus
Trisopterus luscus#Translingual

(Jersey) flobber, pouting (Trisopterus luscus)


assiévis

first-person singular preterite of assiéthe


mîns

first-person singular preterite of mettre


pathus

first-person singular preterite of pathaître


prîns

first-person singular preterite of prendre


tchis

first-person singular preterite of tchaie


tîns

first-person singular preterite of tcheindre


baté fraudeur

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baté fraudeur m (plural batchieaux fraudeur)


vîns

first-person singular preterite of v'nîn


sius

(Jersey) first-person singular preterite of siéthe


aimis

first-person singular preterite of aimer

second-person singular preterite of aimer


donnis

first-person singular preterite of donner

second-person singular preterite of donner


r'chus

(Jersey) first-person singular preterite of r'chéver


env'yis

(Jersey) first-person singular preterite of env'yer


êcrivis

(Jersey) first-person singular preterite of êcrithe


patchis

first-person singular preterite of patchi

second-person singular preterite of patchi


vêtchus

first-person singular preterite of vivre


èrchus

(Jersey) first-person singular preterite of èrchéver


coq à ieau caûde

coq à ieau caûde m (plural coqs à ieau caûde)


bourdon d'tèrre

bourdon d'tèrre m (plural bourdons d'tèrre)


finnis

first-person singular present indicative of finni

second-person singular present indicative of finni

first-person singular preterite of finni

second-person singular preterite of finni

second-person singular imperative of finni


dgéthi

From Old French guarir (“to guarantee, protect, give health to”), of Frankish origins.


difféthentiâtion

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difféthentiâtion f (plural difféthentiâtions)


coq à ieau fraide

coq à ieau fraide m (plural coqs à ieau fraide)


conjudgi

From Latin coniugō, coniugāre, from con- (“with”) + iugō, iugāre (“join, yoke”).


discriminner

Borrowed from Latin discrīminō, discrīmināre.


cope-et-cliute

cope-et-cliute m (invariable, feminine singular cope-et-cliutee, masculine plural cope-et-cliutes, feminine plural cope-et-cliutees)

cope-et-cliutee (feminine singular)
cope-et-cliutes (masculine plural)
cope-et-cliutees (feminine plural)


distîler

From Old French, from Latin dēstillō, dēstillāre.


discriminnâtion

discriminnâtion f (plural discriminnâtions)

Borrowed from Latin discrimīnatiō, discrimīnatiōnem.


dotchûmentâtion

dotchûmentâtion f (plural dotchûmentâtions)


teurcélet

Alternative form of êteurcélet (“kestrel”)


divèrsifiéthie

divèrsifiéthie f (plural divèrsifiéthies)


conjudgaison

From Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”), from con- (“with”) + iugō (“join, bind, connect”).


dithe

From Old French dire, from Latin dīcō, dīcere.

Février dit à Janvier:—'Si j'étais à votre pièche je f'rais gelaïr le pots sus le faeu et les p'tits éfàns aux seins de leurs mères'—et pour son ìmpudence i' fut raccourchi de daeux jours, et Janvier fut aloigni.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, pages 530-31:

February said to January:—If I were in your place I would cause the pots to freeze on the fire, and babes at their mothers' breasts—and for his insolence he was shortened of two days, and January was lengthened.


divèrsifier

From Medieval Latin diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō, facere (“make, do”).


Allémand

From Old French alemant, alemand, from Late Latin Alamannus, Alemannus, of Germanic origins.


Allémand

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Allémand m (plural Allémands, feminine Allémande)


dgiag'nose

Learned borrowing from Latin diagnōsis, from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis).


dotchûment'tie

dotchûment'tie f (plural dotchûment'ties)


vouaile d'eune mathiée

vouaile d'eune mathiée m (plural vouailes d'eune mathiée)


êventail êlectrique

êventail êlectrique m (plural êventails êlectriques)


d'meuther

From Latin dēmorō, dēmorārī (compare French demeurer).


divèrsificâtion

divèrsificâtion f (plural divèrsificâtions)

From Medieval Latin diversificātiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō, facere (“make, do”).


èrenr'gistrabl'ye

èr- (“re-”) + enr'gistrabl'ye (“recordable”)


duther

From Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, dūrāre (“harden, make hard; last, endure”), from dūrus (“hard”).

inh

Quànd Mars durerait chent àns l'hiver durerait autànt.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 531:

If March were to last for a hundred years, winter would last as long.


vouaile

From Old French voil (compare French voile), from Latin vēlum.


râseurs êlectriques

râseux êlectrique
râseux êlectrique#Norman


laîsse

first-person singular present indicative of laîssi

third-person singular present indicative of laîssi

first-person singular present subjunctive of laîssi

third-person singular present subjunctive of laîssi

second-person singular imperative of laîssi


d'lédgi

Borrowed from Latin dēlēgō, dēlēgāre (“send, assign, dispatch, delegate”).

bor

(Jersey) to delegate (authorize someone to act as delegate)


d'lédgi

Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātus, past participle of dēlēgō, dēlēgāre (“send, assign, dispatch, delegate”).


r'pather

From Latin reparō, reparāre (“recover, retrieve; renew, restore, repair”).


guênipe

From Old Norse kvinna (“woman”) (compare French guenipe).


hale-et-laîsse-tchaie

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hale-et-laîsse-tchaie m (invariable, feminine singular hale-et-laîsse-tchaiee, masculine plural hale-et-laîsse-tchaies, feminine plural hale-et-laîsse-tchaiees)

hale-et-laîsse-tchaiee (feminine singular)
hale-et-laîsse-tchaies (masculine plural)
hale-et-laîsse-tchaiees (feminine plural)


d'scendant

From Latin dēscendēns, present participle of dēscendō, from dē + scandō (“climb, ascend”).


d'scendant

d'scendant m (plural d'scendants, feminine d'scendante)

d'scendants (plural)
d'scendante (feminine)


plius

first-person singular preterite of pliaithe


cachis

first-person singular preterite of cachi

second-person singular preterite of cachi


assâsîn

assâsîn m (plural assâsîns, feminine assâsine)


asseûthance

From Old French assurance, from assurer.


blianc cahouain

blianc cahouain m (plural bliancs cahouains)


dgéthithon

From Old French garison (“healing”), from guarir (“to defend, protect, give health to”), of Frankish origins.


lius

first-person singular preterite of liéthe


cliutée

feminine singular of the past participle of cliuter


assembliées d'pâraîsse

assembliée d'pâraîsse
assembliée d'pâraîsse#Norman


bande êlastique

bande êlastique f (plural bandes êlastiques)


assembliée d'pâraîsse

assembliée d'pâraîsse f (plural assembliées d'pâraîsse)


assembliée

From Old French asemblee (compare French assemblée), from asembler (“to collect up; to get together”).


caltchul du sens d'sa tête

caltchul du sens d'sa tête m (uncountable)


boutchet

From Old French buquet, diminutive of buc (“abdomen; object with a cavity”), from Vulgar Latin *būcō, of Germanic origins.


régionnalisâtions

plural of régionnalisâtion (“regionalization”)


raccourchéthie

raccourchéthie f (plural raccourchéthies)


régionnalisâtion

régionnalisâtion f (plural régionnalisâtions)

régionnaliser (“to regionalize”) + -âtion


sonn'nie

les pêtcheurs tchi ouïyaient la sonn'nie d'clioches

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 20:

the fishermen that heard the sounding of the bells


régînment

From Late Latin regimentum (“direction for government; course of medical treatment”), from Latin regō, regere (“rule”).


êlithe

From Old French eslire, from Latin ēligō, ēligere.


êcraser

From Middle English crasen (“to break, shatter”) (compare French écraser), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”).


êcapper

From Old Northern French escaper, from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, a verb based on Late Latin cappa (“cloak”). Compare French échapper.


baté à nagi

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baté à nagi m (plural batchieaux à nagi)


bâsset

From Old French basset (“short-legged”), from bas (“short, low”).


génèvre

From Old French genevre, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus.


brévage

From Old French beverage (compare French breuvage), from bevre (“to drink”) + -age, from Latin bibere.


înfra-rouoge

From Latin infra (“below”) + rouoge (“red”).


bouon anniversaithe

bouôn annivèrsaithe
bouôn annivèrsaithe#Norman


annivèrsaithe

From Latin anniversārius (“annual, yearly”), from annus (“year”) + vertō (“I turn, revolve”).


euniversitaé

From Old French universitei, borrowed from Medieval Latin ūniversitās, in juridical and Late Latin "a number of persons associated into one body, a society, company, community, guild, corporation, etc.," in Classical Latin, "the whole, aggregate," from ūniversus (“whole, entire”).


disteurbé

From Latin disturbātus (“disturbed”), perfect passive participle of disturbō, disturbāre (“disturb; demolish, destroy”).


prog'nose

From Latin prognōsis, from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from προ- (pro-, “before”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “inquiry, investigation, knowing”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).


pitouais

Alternative form of putouais (“polecat”)


préfache

From Old French preface, from Medieval Latin prefatia, from Classical Latin praefātiō (“preface, prologue”), from praefor, praefārī (“speak beforehand”), from prae- (“beforehand”) + for, fārī (“speak”).


pâtés statistiques

pâté statistique
pâté statistique#Norman


pâté statistique

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pâté statistique m (plural pâtés statistiques)


micro-louêmabl'ye

micro-louêmer (“to microwave”) + -abl'ye


stâtions d'beusse

stâtion d'beusse
stâtion d'beusse#Norman

plural of stâtion d'beusse (“bus station”)


pôssibilité

From Old French possibilité, from Late Latin possibilitās, from Latin possibilis (“possible”).


îndustrialisâtion

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îndustrialisâtion f (plural îndustrialisâtions)

îndustrialiser (“to industrialize”) + -âtion


graîssi la patte

grease someone's palm
grease someone's palm

(Jersey, idiomatic) to bribe, grease someone's palm


înginnyi

From Old French engignier, from Latin in (“in”) + gignō, gignere (“to produce, cause”).


mithacl'ye

From Old French miracle, borrowed from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smei-, *mei- (“to smile, to be astonished”).


p'tits pèrrotchets

p'tit pèrrotchet
p'tit pèrrotchet#Norman

plural of p'tit pèrrotchet (“fore topgallant sail”)


grands pèrrotchets

grand pèrrotchet
grand pèrrotchet#Norman

plural of grand pèrrotchet (“main topgallant sail”)


garder les livres

(Jersey, accounting) to keep books, book-keep


vailes dé pèrrotchet

vaile dé pèrrotchet
vaile dé pèrrotchet#Norman

plural of vaile dé pèrrotchet (“topgallant sail”)


grand pèrrotchet

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grand pèrrotchet m (plural grands pèrrotchets)


mât d'pèrrotchet

mât d'pèrrotchet m (plural mâts d'pèrrotchet)


mâts d'pèrrotchet

mât d'pèrrotchet
mât d'pèrrotchet#Norman

plural of mât d'pèrrotchet (“topgallant mast”)


cliamûser

cliamuse (“slap in the face”, noun) + -er


p'tit pèrrotchet

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p'tit pèrrotchet m (plural p'tits pèrrotchets)


molétchule

From New Latin molecula (“molecule”), diminutive of Latin moles (“a mass”).


solaithe

From Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).


lampions êlectriques

lampion êlectrique
lampion êlectrique#Norman

plural of lampion êlectrique (“light bulb”)


lampion êlectrique

lampion êlectrique m (plural lampions êlectriques)


accouochement

accouocher (“to deliver, give birth”) + -ment


accouocheuse

accouocher (“to deliver, give birth”) + -euse


longues pièrres

plural of longue pièrre (“standing stone”)


pièrres à foudre

plural of pièrre à foudre (“thunderbolt”)


alicracq

red-breasted merganser
red-breasted merganser


pièrres dé taille

pièrre dé taille
pièrre dé taille#Norman

plural of pièrre dé taille (“dressed stone”)


Âge dé Fé

(Jersey, archaeology, mythology) Iron Age


accouocher

From Old French acouchier (“to give birth”), from Latin ad + collocō, collocāre (“lay, put, place”).


muthâles à pièrre sècque

muthâle à pièrre sècque
muthâle à pièrre sècque#Norman


Jésû

From Old French Jhesu, from Latin Iēsus, from Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), from Hebrew ישוע (y'hoshúa).


agîtant

From Latin adiūtāns, present participle of adiūtō, adiūtāre (“help, serve, assist”).


aigrefîn

Borrowed from French aigrefin, a variant of aiglefin (“haddock”).


alouettes dé grève

alouette dé grève
alouette dé grève#Norman


anchêtre

From Old French ancestre, ancessor, from Latin antecessor, from antecēdō, antecēdere (“precede”, verb).


alouettes dé mielle

alouette dé mielle
alouette dé mielle#Norman


blianches alouettes

blianche alouette
blianche alouette#Norman


bécachinnes dé grève

bécachinne dé grève
bécachinne dé grève#Norman


alouettes dé rotchi

alouette dé rotchi
alouette dé rotchi#Norman


caûvettes dé cliochi

caûvette dé cliochi
caûvette dé cliochi#Norman


hèrbettes

plural of hèrbette (“mistle thrush; redshank”)


maûvettes

plural of maûvette (“black-headed gull”)


Nazarétchien

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Nazarétchien m (plural Nazarétchiens, feminine Nazarétchienne)

Nazarétchiens (plural)
Nazarétchienne (feminine)


tiquelesses

plural of tiquelesse (“small black-headed gull”)


hèrbettes dé grève

hèrbette dé grève
hèrbette dé grève#Norman

plural of hèrbette dé grève (“redshank; dunlin”)


mêles à blianche gorge

mêle à blianche gorge
mêle à blianche gorge#Norman

plural of mêle à blianche gorge (“ring ouzel”)


héthondes dé falaise

héthonde dé falaise
héthonde dé falaise#Norman


p'tites pouchettes

p'tite pouchette
p'tite pouchette#Norman

plural of p'tite pouchette (“Slavonian grebe, horned grebe”)


p'tites alouettes

plural of p'tite alouette (“meadow pipit”)


archêvêque

From Latin archiepiscopus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “I watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”), + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”).

der

ἀρχιεπίσκοπος


godes à rouoge bé

gode à rouoge bé
gode à rouoge bé#Norman


p'tites bécachinnes

p'tite bécachinne
p'tite bécachinne#Norman


b'veux

Compare French buveur, Middle French beuveur.


Âge dé Bronze

(Jersey, archaeology, mythology) Bronze Age


sémenchi

Alternative form of s'menchi (“to sow seed”)


g'lée

Aube gelaïe est biétôt lavaïe.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 533:


m'sage

From Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missaticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”).


almonnas

From Old French almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus.


j'va

From Old French cheval, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin (compare Gaulish caballos (“horse”), Ancient Greek καβάλλης (kabállēs, “nag”)).


Nazarétchienne

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Nazarétchienne f (plural Nazarétchiennes)


r'calibrâtions

plural of r'calibrâtion (“recalibration”)


èrbâti

Alternative form of r'bâti (“to rebuild”)


c'mode

From Latin commodus (compare French commode).


g'zette

Jaune coume q'zette.

1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 523:


m'niche

From Old French menache, from Latin minācia (“threat”), a noun based on mināx (“threatening”).


r'gret

From Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), deverbal of regreter (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grētan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), *grēotan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew- (“to weep, be sad”).


bannetîn

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bannetîn m (plural bannetîns, feminine bannetinne)

bannetîns (plural)
bannetinne (feminine)


boulants hors-c'mîn

boulant hors-c'mîn
boulant hors-c'mîn#Norman


boulant hors-c'mîn

boulant hors-c'mîn m (plural boulants hors-c'mîn)


comptabl'ye

comptabl'ye m or f (plural comptabl'yes)


couôtuthyi

couôtuthyi m (plural couôtuthièrs, feminine couôtuthiéthe)

couôtuthièrs (plural)
couôtuthiéthe (feminine)


continnent

From Latin continēns, present active participle of contineō, continēre (“hold together, contain”).


couôtage d'la vie

couôtage d'la vie m (plural couôtages d'la vie)


contribuabl'ye

contribuabl'ye m or f (plural contribuabl'yes)

Compare French contribuable (“taxpayer”).


dêtèrminnâtion

dêtèrminnâtion f (plural dêtèrminnâtions)


coupl'ye

From Old French couple, from Latin cōpula.


dat'tie au tchèrbon

dat'tie au tchèrbon f (plural dat'ties au tchèrbon)

(Jersey, physics, archaeology, paleontology) carbon dating


canne à sprayer

canne à sprayer f (plural cannes à sprayer)


dictionnaithe

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium (“dictionary”), derived from Latin dictiō (“saying, speaking”) + -ārium.


commeuniste

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commeuniste m or f (plural commeunistes)


bouv'theu

Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula#Translingual


problièmatique

From Late Latin problēmaticus, from Ancient Greek προβληματικός (problēmatikós), from πρόβλημα (próblēma, “outjutting, barrier, problem”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “I throw, place before”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw, place”).

uder

προβληματικός


colîn-feunmelle

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colîn-feunmelle m (plural colîns-feunmelles)


projecteux d'transpathenches

projecteux d'transpathenches m (plural projecteurs d'transpathenches)


projecteux d'portraits

projecteux d'portraits m (plural projecteurs d'portraits)


transpathent

From Medieval Latin trānspārēns (“transparent”).


transpathenche

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transpathenche f (plural transpathenches)

From Medieval Latin trānspārentia, from trānspārēns (“transparent”).


mouontrer

From Old French monstrer, from Latin mōnstrō, mōnstrāre.


mouontréthie au projecteux

mouontréthie au projecteux f (plural mouontréthies au projecteux)


Valentîn

From Latin Valentinus, from valeō, valēre (“be strong, healthy”).

(Jersey) a male given name, equivalent to English Valentine


pigeons d'colombyi

pigeon d'colombyi
pigeon d'colombyi#Norman

plural of pigeon d'colombyi (“stock pigeon”)


p'tits pigeons d'France

p'tit pigeon d'France
p'tit pigeon d'France#Norman


pigeons d'falaise

pigeon d'falaise
pigeon d'falaise#Norman

plural of pigeon d'falaise (“rock dove”)


pigeon sauvage

pigeon sauvage m (plural pigeons sauvages)

Columba palumbus
Columba palumbus#Translingual


pigeon d'colombyi

pigeon d'colombyi m (plural pigeons d'colombyi)

Columba oenas
Columba oenas#Translingual


pigeon d'falaise

pigeon d'falaise m (plural pigeons d'falaise)

Columba livia
Columba livia#Translingual


volantaithe

volantaithe m or f (plural volantaithes)


p'tit pigeon d'France

p'tit pigeon d'France m (plural p'tits pigeons d'France)


vithouette

Borrowed from Old Norse veðr-viti (“weather indicator”), from veðr (“weather”), and viti (“indicator”).


vitchet

From Old Northern French wiket, viquet, from Old Norse víkjask (“to slip away”).


corlieu

Alternative form of couorlieu (“curlew”)


sîndguliéthe

feminine singular of sîndgulyi (“single; singular; peculiar”)


méthes sîndguliéthes

méthe sîndguliéthe
méthe sîndguliéthe#Norman


êtranglyi

From Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulo, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “halter”).

uder

στραγγαλόομαι


sénévébitches

plural of sénévébitche (“son of a bitch”)


vèrbes irrédgulièrs

vèrbe irrédgulyi
vèrbe irrédgulyi#Norman


volontaithe

From Old French volontaire, borrowed from Latin voluntārius (“voluntary; volunteer”), from voluntās (“free will”), from volō, velle (“wish, intend”).


volontaithe

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volontaithe m or f (plural volontaithes)


téléphônes dé pouchette

téléphône dé pouchette
téléphône dé pouchette#Norman

plural of téléphône dé pouchette (“mobile phone”)


irrédgulyi

From Old French irreguler, from Medieval Latin irrēgulāris, from in- + rēgulāris.


craquelîn

Sylvia atricapilla
Sylvia atricapilla#Translingual

(Jersey) Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)


vèrres d'approche

vèrre d'approche
vèrre d'approche#Norman


voleux d'grand'c'mîn

voleux d'grand'c'mîn m (plural voleurs d'grand'c'mîn)


vèrre à baithe

vèrre à baithe m (plural vèrres à baithe)


vèrre d'approche

vèrre d'approche m (plural vèrres d'approche)


viageux

From viagi (“to travel”) + -eux. Compare French voyageur.


méthe sîndguliéthe

méthe sîndguliéthe f (plural méthes sîndguliéthes)


bourgailles à fronmage

bourgaille à fronmage
bourgaille à fronmage#Norman


câsaques dé dînner

câsaque dé dînner
câsaque dé dînner#Norman


bourgaille à fronmage

bourgaille à fronmage f (plural bourgailles à fronmage)


câsaques dé sauveté

câsaque dé sauveté
câsaque dé sauveté#Norman


câsaque dé dînner

câsaque dé dînner f (plural câsaques dé dînner)


câsaques contre-boulets

câsaque contre-boulets
câsaque contre-boulets#Norman


câsaque dé sauveté

câsaque dé sauveté f (plural câsaques dé sauveté)


câsaque contre-boulets

câsaque contre-boulets f (plural câsaques contre-boulets)


chapé du pot à thée

chapé du pot à thée m (plural chapieaux du pot à thée)


châtchieaux dé sablion

châté dé sablion
châté dé sablion#Norman


chap'lain

From Old French chapelain (“chaplain”), from Late Latin cappellānus, from cappella (“chapel”).


chât'nyi à j'va

chât'nyi à j'va m (plural chât'nièrs à j'va)


châté dé sablion

châté dé sablion m (plural châtchieaux dé sablion)


Wesleyen

Wesleyen m (plural Wesleyens, feminine Wesleyenne)

Wesleyens (plural)
Wesleyenne (feminine)


chérise

From Old Northern French cherise, a variant of Old French cerise, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.


chèrvé

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French cervel, from Latin cerebellum.


chour

Brassica oleracae longata
Brassica oleracae longata

(Jersey) Jersey cabbage (Brassica oleracae longata)


bouôlias

Betula pendula
Betula pendula#Translingual


compiuteurs d'paûmé

compiuteu d'paûmé
compiuteu d'paûmé#Norman


dgiocèse

From Old French diocese, from Latin dioecēsis (“district under a governor”), from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis, “internal administration”).


cinnématographie

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cinnématographie f (plural cinnématographies)


clyînmatologie

clyînmatologie f (plural clyînmatologies)


leunatique

From Old French lunatique, borrowed from Late Latin lūnāticus (“moonstruck”), derived from Latin lūna (“moon”) (compare leune).


clyînmat

Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma).


êprivyi doré

Eurasian golden plover
Eurasian golden plover

Pluvialis apricaria
Pluvialis apricaria#Translingual

(Jersey) Eurasian golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)


souôtâsses volantes

souôtâsse volante
souôtâsse volante#Norman

plural of souôtâsse volante (“flying saucer”)


citouoyen

citouoyen m (plural citouoyens, feminine citouoyenne)

citouoyens (plural)
citouoyenne (feminine)

From Old French citeien (“citizen”), from citet, cité (“city”), from Latin cīvitās (“citizenship, community of citizens”), from cīvis (“townsman, citizen”), from Proto-Italic *keiwis (“society”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle; home, family; love; beloved”).


dgialecte

From Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “I participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγω (légō, “I speak”).


fouoyi

From Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus (“hearth”).


feunmyi

From Old French femier, from Vulgar Latin *femarium, from *femus, alteration of Latin fimus.


souôtâsse volante

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souôtâsse volante f (plural souôtâsses volantes)


êclyipse

From Old French eclipse, from Latin eclīpsis (“eclipse”), from Ancient Greek ἔκλειψις (ékleipsis, “eclipse”), from ἐκλείπω (ekleípō, “I abandon”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and λείπω (leípō, “I leave behind”).


synnode

From Latin synodus (compare French synode), from Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”).


bouochi

From Old French bouchier (“goat slaughterer”), from bouc (“goat”), from Late Latin buccus (“male goat”) (first recorded in the Salic Laws), from Frankish *bukk (“male goat”), from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“male goat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhuǵ- (“he-goat, ram”).


codement postal

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codement postal m (plural codements postaux)


caméra digital

caméra digital m (plural caméras digitaux)


badgettes dé mémouaithe

badgette dé mémouaithe
badgette dé mémouaithe#Norman


cartes dé mémouaithe

carte dé mémouaithe
carte dé mémouaithe#Norman


carte dé mémouaithe

carte dé mémouaithe f (plural cartes dé mémouaithe)


compathaison

From Old French comparison, from Latin comparātiō, from comparātus, perfect passive participle of comparō, comparāre (“compare, match, place together, couple, prepare”).


compathatif

(Jersey, grammar) comparative (word in comparative form)


char à bancs

Borrowed from French char-à-bancs (“a carriage with benches”).


êpinnotchi

From Old Northern French [Term?] (compare Middle French espinocher, modern French épinocher).


êtuiver

Compare Old French estuve, modern French étuve, English stew.


êpinnoque-dents

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êpinnoque-dents m (plural êpinnoque-dents)


bat-les-banques

bat-les-banques m (plural bat-les-banques)


êpinnoque

(Jersey) first-person singular present indicative of êpinnotchi

(Jersey) third-person singular present indicative of êpinnotchi

(Jersey) first-person singular present subjunctive of êpinnotchi

(Jersey) second-person singular imperative of êpinnotchi


beurre dé nouaix

beurre dé nouaix m (plural beurres dé nouaix)


êpaûle

From Old French espalle, espaule, from Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spathula, diminutive of Latin spatha (“straight sword”).


faîsan

From Old French fesan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós, “bird of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”) from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west.

der

bird of the river <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">Φᾶσις</i> (Phâsis)


beurre dé chocolat

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beurre dé chocolat m (plural beurres dé chocolat)


cotelles Êcossaises

cotelle Êcossaise
cotelle Êcossaise#Norman


cotelle Êcossaise

cotelle Êcossaise f (plural cotelles Êcossaises)

cotelle f (“skirt”) + Êcossaise f (“Scottish”), literally “Scottish skirt”.


Êcossais

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Êcossais m (plural Êcossais, feminine Êcossaise)


agents d'asseûthance

agent d'asseûthance
agent d'asseûthance#Norman


hommes d'affaithes

homme d'affaithes
homme d'affaithes#Norman


souôs-officièrs

plural of souôs-officyi (“non-commissioned officer”)


mécaniciennes

plural of mécanicienne (“(female) mechanic”)


souôs-officyi

souôs-officyi m (plural souôs-officièrs)

non-commissioned officer
non-commissioned officer


souôs-

From Old French sus-, sous-, from Latin sub.


mécanicienne

female equivalent of mécanicien (“mechanic”)


clèrc

From Old French clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“a priest, clergyman, cleric, also generally a learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance,” originally “a shard used in casting lots”).


officyi

From Old French officier, from Medieval Latin officiārius, from Latin officium (“office”).


génétiquement modifiée

génétiquement modifié
génétiquement modifié#Norman

feminine singular of génétiquement modifié


génétiquement modifiés

masculine plural of génétiquement modifié


grais céramique

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grais céramique m (plural grais céramiques)


grais êlectriques

grais êlectrique
grais êlectrique#Norman

plural of grais êlectrique (“electric hob”)


génétiquement modifiées

feminine plural of génétiquement modifié


grais êlectrique

grais êlectrique m (plural grais êlectriques)


barbes d'gardîngni

barbe d'gardîngni
barbe d'gardîngni#Norman


grais halogène

grais halogène m (plural grais halogène)


génétiquement modifié

genetically modified
genetically modified


grais céramiques

plural of grais céramique (“ceramic hob”)


leunaithe

From Latin lūnāris (equivalent to leune (“moon”) + -aithe), from lūna (“moon”).


armouaithe

From Latin armārium, from arma (“weapons, tools”).


angné

From Old French agnel, aignel, from Latin agnellus, diminutive of agnus (“lamb”).


adminnistrateu

adminnistrateu m (plural adminnistrateurs)

From Latin administrātor (“manager, conductor, administrator”).


arriéthe-pétit-fis

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arriéthe-pétit-fis m (plural arriéthes-pétits-fis)


artichaut vèrt

artichaut vèrt m (plural artichauts vèrts)

Cynara cardunculus
Cynara cardunculus#Translingual


arriéthe-petite-fil'ye

arriéthe-petite-fil'ye f (plural arriéthes-petites-fil'yes)


gênotte

Borrowed from Old Norse jarðhnot (“earth nut”).


apotitchi

From Old French apotecaire, from Medieval Latin apothēcārius (“storekeeper”), from apothēca (“shop, store”), earlier Latin apothēca (“repository, storehouse, warehouse”).


blianc-bouais

(Jersey) abele, white poplar (Populus alba)


applyitchant

Borrowed from Latin applicāns, applicantem.


téléc'mandes

plural of téléc'mande (“remote control”)


empéreu

From Old French empereor, from Latin imperātōrem.


kiosques d'téléphône

kiosque d'téléphône
kiosque d'téléphône#Norman


n'veu

From Old French neveu (“nephew, grandson”), from Latin nepōs, nepōtem (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (“grandchild, sister's son”).


rossîngno

From Old Occitan rossinhol, from Vulgar Latin *luscinolus, from a masculine diminutive of Latin luscinia.


ahan dans l'côté

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ahan dans l'côté m (plural ahans dans l'côté)


tîmbres pouor l'êtrangi

tîmbre pouor l'êtrangi
tîmbre pouor l'êtrangi#Norman


c'mandes

second-person singular present indicative of c'mander

second-person singular present subjunctive of c'mander


tîmbre pouor l'êtrangi

tîmbre pouor l'êtrangi m (plural tîmbres pouor l'êtrangi)


acat

From Old Northern French acater (compare Old French achater, modern French achat).


téléphône

télé- + -phône. Borrowed from French téléphone, from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “afar”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).


ricolisse

From Old French licorece, ricolice, ricolisse, regulisse, reglisse (compare French réglisse), from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza, “sweet root”).

uder

Glycyrrhiza glabra
Glycyrrhiza glabra#Translingual


c'mande

Psalm 105, vv. 34-35, 42-45
S'lon sa c'mande, v'là tchi vîndrent les j'vaux d'Saint George, et lus p'tchiots par mouochieaux qu'nou n'pouôrrait pon compter, pouor passecrithe toutes les pliantes d'lus pays, pouor mangi touos les frits d'la tèrre. […] Car i' ramembrait sa sainte pathole, et Âbréhan san sèrveux, et il emm'nit san peupl'ye hors auve d'la jouaie, les hoummes qu'il avait chouaîsi auve des brais rêjouis, et i' lus baillit les tèrrains d'aut's peupl'yes, et i' prîndrent lé travas des peupl'yes pouor lus héthitage à seule fîn qu'i' siûssent ses c'mandes et honothîssent ses louais.


c'mande

first-person singular present indicative of c'mander

third-person singular present indicative of c'mander

first-person singular present subjunctive of c'mander

third-person singular present subjunctive of c'mander

second-person singular imperative of c'mander


chôse

From Old French chose, from Latin causa.


dé pus en pus

(Jersey, idiomatic) more and more (used to express a progressive increase)


dé pus'th en pus

(idiomatic, Saint Ouën) more and more (used to express a progressive increase)


à m'suthe

(Jersey) in proportion and at the same time


abûther

From Latin abūsus (“consumed, wasted, misused”) + -er.


ouaîthé

From Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.


à m'thuthe

(Saint Ouën) in proportion and at the same time


noeud couothant

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noeud couothant m (plural noeuds couothants)


noeuds d'pendard

plural of noeud d'pendard (“hangman's noose”)


noeud d'pendard

noeud d'pendard m (plural noeuds d'pendard)


noeuds en tchu d'poulain

noeud en tchu d'poulain
noeud en tchu d'poulain#Norman

plural of noeud en tchu d'poulain (“granny knot”)


noeud d'ridgage

noeud d'ridgage m (plural noeuds d'ridgage)


noeud en tchu d'poulain

noeud en tchu d'poulain m (plural noeuds en tchu d'poulain)


noeud d'têtchiéthe

noeud d'têtchiéthe m (plural noeuds d'têtchiéthe)


noeuds d'têtchiéthe

noeud d'têtchiéthe
noeud d'têtchiéthe#Norman


nettisseux dé f'nêtres

nettisseux dé f'nêtres m (plural nettisseurs dé f'nêtres)


noeuds d'ridgage

plural of noeud d'ridgage (“shroud knot”)


ouadgîn dé dêpannage

ouadgîn dé dêpannage m (plural ouadgîns dé dêpannage)


noeuds d'goulet d'boutelle

noeud d'goulet d'boutelle
noeud d'goulet d'boutelle#Norman

plural of noeud d'goulet d'boutelle (“bottle sling”)


ôsaines dé driéthe

ôsaine dé driéthe
ôsaine dé driéthe#Norman


nouvieau cidre

nouvieau cidre m (plural nouvieaux cidres)


caractéthistique

From Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós), from χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”).

der

χαρακτηριστικός


ôsaines dé d'vant

ôsaine dé d'vant
ôsaine dé d'vant#Norman


noeud d'ièrrîn

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noeud d'ièrrîn m (plural noeuds d'ièrrîn)


orientâtions sexuelles

orientâtion sexuelle
orientâtion sexuelle#Norman


ouadgîns dé dêpannage

ouadgîn dé dêpannage
ouadgîn dé dêpannage#Norman


dêcaûchi ses grîns

(Jersey) to unsheathe its claws, extend its claws (of cat)


noeud d'bôlinne

noeud d'bôlinne m (plural noeuds d'bôlinne)


ôsaine dé driéthe

ôsaine dé driéthe f (plural ôsaines dé driéthe)


ôsaine dé d'vant

ôsaine dé d'vant f (plural ôsaines dé d'vant)


ouvriyi

From Old French ovrier, from Latin operārius.


Neuchâté

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne#English

metropolitan borough
metropolitan borough

(Jersey) Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne (a large city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in northeastern England)


noeuds d'ièrrîn

plural of noeud d'ièrrîn (“manrope knot; rope ladder”)


noeud d'goulet d'boutelle

noeud d'goulet d'boutelle m (plural noeuds d'goulet d'boutelle)


orientâtion sexuelle

orientâtion sexuelle f (plural orientâtions sexuelles)


driéthe

les gens avaient peux d'ouï d'la traîn'nie par lé c'mîn driéthe ieux

2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 33:

people were scared of hearing dragging on the road behind them


Espangno

From Medieval Latin *Hispaniolus, from Latin Hispānus.


r'aver san vent

get one's breath back
get one's breath back

(Jersey) to get one's breath back, get one's wind back


r'aver

r'aver (infinitive)
r'ayant (gerund)
aver (auxiliary)
r'ieu (masculine participle past singular)
r'ai (indicative present singular)
èrai (indicative present singular)
r'as (indicative present singular)
r'a (indicative present singular)
r'avons (indicative plural present)
èravons (indicative plural present)
r'avez (indicative plural present)
r'ont (indicative plural present)
r'avais (imperfect indicative singular)
èravais (imperfect indicative singular)
r'avait (imperfect indicative singular)
r'avions (imperfect indicative plural)
r'avêmes (imperfect indicative plural)
r'aviez (imperfect indicative plural)
r'avêtes (imperfect indicative plural)
r'avaient (imperfect indicative plural)
r'eus (indicative preterite singular)
èreus (indicative preterite singular)
r'eut (indicative preterite singular)
r'eûnmes (indicative plural preterite)
èreûnmes (indicative plural preterite)
r'eûtes (indicative plural preterite)
r'eûdres (indicative plural preterite)
r'eûtent (indicative plural preterite)
r'eûdrent (indicative plural preterite)
r'éthai (future indicative singular)
èréthai (future indicative singular)
r'éthas (future indicative singular)
r'étha (future indicative singular)
r'éthons (future indicative plural)
èréthons (future indicative plural)
r'éthez (future indicative plural)
r'éthont (future indicative plural)
r'éthais (conditional indicative singular)
èréthais (conditional indicative singular)
r'éthait (conditional indicative singular)
r'éthions (conditional indicative plural)
r'éthêmes (conditional indicative plural)
r'éthiez (conditional indicative plural)
r'éthêtes (conditional indicative plural)
r'éthaient (conditional indicative plural)
r'aie (present singular subjunctive)
èraie (present singular subjunctive)
r'aies (present singular subjunctive)
r'ait (present singular subjunctive)
r'ayons (plural present subjunctive)
èrayons (plural present subjunctive)
r'ayiz (plural present subjunctive)
r'aient (plural present subjunctive)
r'eûsse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
èreûsse (imperfect singular subjunctive)
r'eûsses (imperfect singular subjunctive)
r'eûssions (imperfect plural subjunctive)
èreûssions (imperfect plural subjunctive)
r'eûssyiz (imperfect plural subjunctive)
r'eûssiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
r'eûssent (imperfect plural subjunctive)
r'ai (imperative singular)
r'ayons (imperative plural)
r'ayiz (imperative plural)
r'ayez (imperative plural)

èr- (“re-”) + aver (“to have”) (compare Québec French ravoir)


boulets contraceptifs

boulet contraceptif
boulet contraceptif#Norman


boulet contraceptif

boulet contraceptif m (plural boulets contraceptifs)


boulet dé canon

boulet dé canon m (plural boulets dé canon)


beire

beire (infinitive)
bevant (gerund)
aveir (auxiliary)
beu (masculine participle past singular)
beue (feminine participle past singular)
beus (masculine participle past plural)
beues (feminine participle past plural)
beis (indicative present singular)
beis (indicative present second-person singular)
beit (indicative present singular third-person)
bevoms (first-person indicative plural present)
bevez (indicative plural present)
beivent (indicative plural present third-person)
beveis (imperfect indicative singular)
beveis (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
beveit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bevioms (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
beviez (imperfect indicative plural)
beveient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
beus (indicative preterite singular)
beus (indicative preterite second-person singular)
beut (indicative preterite singular third-person)
beûmes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
beûtes (indicative plural preterite)
beûtrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
beirai (future indicative singular)
beiras (future indicative second-person singular)
beira (future indicative singular third-person)
beiroms (first-person future indicative plural)
beirez (future indicative plural)
beiront (future indicative plural third-person)
beireis (conditional indicative singular)
beireis (conditional indicative second-person singular)
beireit (conditional indicative singular third-person)
beirioms (conditional first-person indicative plural)
beiriez (conditional indicative plural)
beireient (conditional indicative plural third-person)
beive (first-person present singular subjunctive)
beives (present second-person singular subjunctive)
beive (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bevioms (first-person plural present subjunctive)
beviez (plural present subjunctive)
beivent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
beusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
beusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
beût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
beusse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
beussioms (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
beussiez (imperfect plural subjunctive)
beussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
beis (imperative singular)
bevoms (first-person imperative plural)
bevez (imperative plural)

From Old French boivre, beivre, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō (“I drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.


enouorfanté

at the end of one's tether
at the end of one's tether

furious, enraged, amazed, astonished, at the end of one's tether, disgusted, gobsmacked, flabbergasted


toûsse

first-person singular present subjunctive of toûtre

third-person singular present subjunctive of toûtre


toûssez

second-person plural present indicative of toûtre

second-person plural imperative of toûtre


toûssons

first-person plural present indicative of toûtre

first-person plural imperative of toûtre


f'lé

(Jersey) very angry, furious, infuriated


candelle

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile from Latin candēla. Displaced by chandelle.


cânchon

From an Old Northern French [Term?] form of Old French chançon f, from the accusative Latin cantiōnem f (“song, singing”), from cantus (“sung”), perfect passive participle of canere (“sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).


toûsses

second-person singular present subjunctive of toûtre


toû

second-person singular imperative of toûtre


toût

third-person singular present indicative of toûtre


toûssent

third-person plural present indicative of toûtre

third-person plural present subjunctive of toûtre


toûs

first-person singular present indicative of toûtre

second-person singular present indicative of toûtre


marchyiz

second-person plural present subjunctive of marchi


marchit

third-person singular preterite of marchi


marchîtes

second-person plural preterite of marchi


marchéthai

first-person singular future indicative of marchi


marchéthiez

second-person plural conditional of marchi


marchéthions

first-person plural conditional of marchi


marchéthaient

third-person plural conditional of marchi


marchéthons

first-person plural future indicative of marchi


marchéthez

second-person plural future indicative of marchi


marchéthont

third-person plural future indicative of marchi


marchîssyiz

second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of marchi


marchîsses

second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of marchi


marchîssent

third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of marchi


marchîssions

first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of marchi


vendréthions

first-person plural conditional indicative of vendre


vendréthiez

second-person plural conditional indicative of vendre


vendîssions

first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of vendre


vendîsses

second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of vendre


marchéthais

first-person singular conditional of marchi

second-person singular conditional of marchi


vendîssent

third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of vendre


finnissent

third-person plural present indicative of finni


finnissez

second-person plural imperative of finni


marchîsse

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of marchi

third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of marchi


vendîssiez

second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of vendre


vendîsse

first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of vendre

third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of vendre


finnissiz

second-person plural present indicative of finni


cachiz

second-person plural present indicative of cachi

second-person plural imperative of cachi


finnit

third-person singular present indicative of finni

third-person singular preterite of finni


cachyiz

second-person plural present subjunctive of cachi


finnissons

first-person plural present indicative of finni


marchéthait

third-person singular conditional of marchi


cachit

third-person singular preterite of cachi


marchéthas

second-person singular future indicative of marchi


patchez

second-person plural imperative of patchi


patchîtes

second-person plural preterite of patchi


patchit

third-person singular preterite of patchi


patchons

first-person plural present indicative of patchi

first-person plural imperative of patchi


patchaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of patchi


patchait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of patchi


gardîtes

second-person plural preterite of garder


patchyiz

second-person plural present subjunctive of patchi


gardit

third-person singular preterite of garder


patchiz

second-person plural present indicative of patchi


marchiz

second-person plural present indicative of marchi

second-person plural imperative of marchi


patchions

first-person plural imperfect indicative of patchi

first-person plural present subjunctive of patchi


patchais

first-person singular imperfect indicative of patchi

second-person singular imperfect indicative of patchi


patchiez

second-person plural imperfect indicative of patchi


marchétha

third-person singular future indicative of marchi


graund

From Old French grant, from Latin grandis.


aimit

third-person singular preterite of aimer


donnînmes

first-person plural preterite indicative of donner


donnîtent

third-person plural preterite indicative of donner


donnîtes

second-person plural preterite indicative of donner


Jèrriaîthe

(Saint Ouën) feminine singular of Jèrriais


donnit

third-person singular preterite indicative of donner


sèrgent-mâjeur

sèrgent-mâjeur m (plural sèrgents-mâjeurs)


Dgèrnéthy

Borrowed from Old Norse [Term?], a compound of Granis (“Grani's”) and ey (“island”).


vithicatouaithe

vithicatouaithe m (plural vithicatouaithes)


vaccîn

Borrowed from Latin vaccinus, from vacca (“cow”) (because of early use of the cowpox virus against smallpox).


vèrmingnon

Chloris chloris
Chloris chloris#Translingual


vèrdreu

Prunella modularis
Prunella modularis#Translingual

(Jersey) dunnock, hedge sparrow, hedge warbler (Prunella modularis)


couôthîn

couôthîn m (plural couôthîns, feminine couôthinne)

couôthîns (plural)
couôthinne (feminine)

From Old French cosin, from Latin cōnsōbrīnus.


vacâbond

From Latin vagor, vagārī (“ramble, wander”, verb).


chouaîthi

From Old French choisir, coisir (“to differentiate, see distinctly”), from Frankish *kausjan (“to choose”), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose, taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”).


tchestchions

plural of tchestchion (“question; interrogative”)


vitchaithe

From Latin vicārius (“substitute, proxy, deputy”).


vèr solitaithe

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vèr solitaithe m (plural vèrs solitaithes)


vrai d'vivi

Alternative form of vrai d'vivyi (“pondweed”)


véthot

From an Old Northern French variant of Old French ver (with a later suffix), from Latin verrēs.


vétérinnaithe

vétérinnaithe m or f (plural vétérinnaithes)

From Latin veterīnārius (“farrier, cattle doctor, veterinarian”), from veterīnum (“beast of burden”), from vehiterīnum, from vehō, vehere (“bear, carry”).


voleurs d'grand'c'mîn

voleux d'grand'c'mîn
voleux d'grand'c'mîn#Norman


sèrgent

From Old French sergeant, sergent, serjant, sergient, sergant (“sergeant, servant”), from Latin servientem.


vieau

From Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”).


souaie

From Old French soie, from Latin saeta, sēta.


fliantcheurs hors

fliantcheux hors
fliantcheux hors#Norman


verglias

Borrowed from French verglas, from verre (“glass”) (compare vèrre) + glace (“ice”) (compare gliaiche).


pilyi

From Old French piler, from Vulgar Latin *pilāre, from Latin pila.


tchestionnaithe

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tchestionnaithe m (plural tchestionnaithes)

Borrowed from Late Latin quaestiōnārius, from Latin quaestiō, quaestiōnem (“inquiry, investigation, questioning, question”) (tchestchion) + -ārius (-aithe), from quaerō, quaerere (“ask, question, inquire”).


couotheurs d'grève

couotheux d'grève
couotheux d'grève#Norman


aîthi

From Old French aisié (“eased, at ease, at leisure”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”), from aise (“empty space, elbow room, opportunity”), of uncertain origin.


pêtcheux

Lé pêtcheux n'sent pon sa pouque.


tchestchion

From Old French question, borrowed from Latin quaestiō, quaestiōnem (“inquiry, investigation, questioning, question”), from quaerō, quaerere (“ask, question, inquire”).


cliu

(Jersey) patch; a little patch of fabric


êtchutheu

From Old French escurel from Late Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Classical Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros).


tchitte

first-person singular present indicative of tchitter

third-person singular present indicative of tchitter

first-person singular present subjunctive of tchitter

third-person singular present subjunctive of tchitter

second-person singular present imperative of tchitter


empouaîsonneux

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empouaîsonneux m (plural empouaîsonneurs)


cliuteux d'affiches

cliuteux d'affiches m (plural cliuteurs d'affiches)


d'senchorchéleux

d'senchorchéleux m (plural d'senchorchéleurs)


m'sutheux d'êlectricité

m'sutheux d'êlectricité m (plural m'sutheurs d'êlectricité)


tambour-mâjeur

tambour-mâjeur m (plural tambours-mâjeurs)


rouôleurs

plural of rouôleux (“roller; scroll bar”)


înspecteux

From Latin īnspectō, īnspectāre (“observe, look at”) + -eux.


raconteux

raconter (“to relate, recount, narrate”) + -eux


pitcheux d'pièrre

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pitcheux d'pièrre m (plural pitcheurs d'pièrre)


porteux d'lettres

porteux d'lettres m (plural porteurs d'lettres)


pêtcheux d'St. Martîn

pêtcheux d'St. Martîn m (plural pêtcheurs d'St. Martîn)


St. Martinnais

St. Martinnais m (plural St. Martinnais)


prêcheux

From Latin praedicātor, from praedicō (“I proclaim, declare publicly; I announce, make known; I praise, commend, extol; I preach the gospel”).


Nepteune

(Jersey) Neptune (Roman god of the sea, farthest known planet from the Sun)


maqu'sé

From Old French maquerel, from a Germanic source.

Scomber scombrus
Scomber scombrus#Translingual


înginnieux

From Old French engigneor, from Medieval Latin ingeniarius (“one who makes or uses an engine”), from ingenium (“an engine”), from Latin in (“in”) + gignō, gignere (“beget, produce”).


sonneux

(Jersey) bell ringer / bell-ringer / bellringer


gardéthai

first-person singular future indicative of garder


sîngnes dé dollar

sîngne dé dollar
sîngne dé dollar#Norman

plural of sîngne dé dollar (“dollar sign”)


paqu'sai

first-person singular future indicative of patchi


cach'chai

first-person singular future indicative of cachi


aim'thai

(Jersey) first-person singular future indicative of aimer


finnithai

(Jersey) first-person singular future indicative of finni


sîngne dé louis

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sîngne dé louis m (plural sîngnes dé louis)


titheux muchi

titheux muchi m (plural titheurs muchis)


toûtras

second-person singular future indicative of toûtre


sîngne dé dollar

sîngne dé dollar m (plural sîngnes dé dollar)


finnithas

second-person singular future indicative of finni


sîmpl'yes pâssés

plural of sîmpl'ye pâssé (“preterite, simple past”)


sîmpl'yes futurs

plural of sîmpl'ye futur (“simple future”)


tchestchionneux d'avis

tchestchionneux d'avis m (plural tchestchionneurs d'avis)


toûtra

third-person singular future indicative of toûtre


aim'thas

second-person singular future indicative of aimer


toûtrai

first-person singular future indicative of toûtre


donn'nas

second-person singular future indicative of donner


gardéthas

second-person singular future indicative of garder


cach'chas

second-person singular future indicative of cachi


cach'cha

third-person singular future indicative of cachi


donn'na

third-person singular future indicative of donner


finnithons

(Jersey) first-person plural future indicative of finni


traducteux

Borrowed from Latin trāductor, from trādūcō, trādūcere (“translate”).


aim'tha

(Jersey) third-person singular future indicative of aimer


paqu'sa

third-person singular future indicative of patchi


tchoeur

From Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.


paqu'sons

first-person plural future indicative of patchi


finnitha

(Jersey) third-person singular future indicative of finni


triyeux

Compare French trayeuse (“milking machine”).


donn'nons

first-person plural future indicative of donner


paqu'sez

second-person plural future indicative of patchi


sîmpl'ye pâssé

sîmpl'ye pâssé m (plural sîmpl'yes pâssés)

(Jersey, grammar) preterite, simple past


cach'chons

first-person plural future indicative of cachi


paqu'sas

second-person singular future indicative of patchi


gardéthont

third-person plural future indicative of garder


gardéthons

first-person plural future indicative of garder


aim'thez

(Jersey) second-person plural future indicative of aimer


sîmpl'ye futur

sîmpl'ye futur m (plural sîmpl'yes futurs)


finnithez

(Jersey) second-person plural future indicative of finni


aim'thons

(Jersey) first-person plural future indicative of aimer


donn'nez

second-person plural future indicative of donner


toûssit

third-person singular preterite indicative of toûtre


aim'thont

(Jersey) third-person plural future indicative of aimer


finnithont

(Jersey) third-person plural future indicative of finni


finnissait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of finni


toûssaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of toûtre


finnissiez

second-person plural imperfect indicative of finni


toûssait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of toûtre


toûssitent

third-person plural preterite indicative of toûtre


finnissaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of finni


cach'chez

second-person plural future indicative of cachi


séthée ès chèrs

séthée ès chèrs f (plural séthées ès chèrs)

(Jersey) bachelor party, stag night, stag party

séthée ès poules

bachelorette party, hen night, hen party


toûssis

first-person singular preterite indicative of toûtre

second-person singular preterite indicative of toûtre