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JEUNE FILLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jeune fille mean?
• JEUNE FILLE (noun)
The noun JEUNE FILLE has 1 sense:
1. a girl or young woman who is unmarried
Familiarity information: JEUNE FILLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A girl or young woman who is unmarried
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
jeune fille; lass; lassie; young girl
Hypernyms ("jeune fille" is a kind of...):
fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young female)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jeune fille"):
bobby-socker; bobbysoxer (an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s))
Lolita (a sexually precocious young girl)
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