"plain Jane" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \pleɪn dʒeɪn\ Forms: plain Janes [plural]
  1. Madame Tout-le-monde. Tags: informal
    Sense id: fr-plain_Jane-en-noun-GgXhuv2p Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Termes informels en anglais
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      "name": "Dates manquantes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "name": "Locutions nominales en anglais",
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      "source": "w"
    },
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      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    " ",
    "(Date à préciser) → voir plain et Jane"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plain Janes",
      "ipas": [
        "\\pleɪn dʒeɪnz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Termes informels en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Laura Cox,« The town tramp inspired my trashy look because I was a plain Jane, says Dolly Parton », Daily Mail, 11 décembre 2012",
          "text": "Miss Parton revealed that she considered herself to be unattractive and a plain Jane but yearned to be glamorous.",
          "translation": "Mademoiselle Parton a révélé qu’elle se considérait peu attrayante et comme une madame Tout-le-monde mais aspirait à être glamour."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Madame Tout-le-monde."
      ],
      "id": "fr-plain_Jane-en-noun-GgXhuv2p",
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    }
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      "ipa": "\\pleɪn dʒeɪn\\"
    }
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    " ",
    "(Date à préciser) → voir plain et Jane"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plain Janes",
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        "\\pleɪn dʒeɪnz\\"
      ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Miss Parton revealed that she considered herself to be unattractive and a plain Jane but yearned to be glamorous.",
          "translation": "Mademoiselle Parton a révélé qu’elle se considérait peu attrayante et comme une madame Tout-le-monde mais aspirait à être glamour."
        }
      ],
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        "Madame Tout-le-monde."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "\\pleɪn dʒeɪn\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plain Jane"
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