joujou
French
Etymology
Diminutive form of jouet.
Pronunciation
Noun
joujou m (plural joujoux)
- (childish) a toy; a plaything
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […][1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
- Charles, le lendemain, fit revenir la petite. Elle demanda sa maman. On lui répondit qu'elle était absente, qu'elle lui rapporterait des joujoux.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
Only seven words in French ending in -ou have their plurals in -oux instead of -ous: bijou, caillou, chou, genou, hibou, joujou, pou.
Further reading
- “joujou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
West Makian
Etymology
A reduplication of jou (politeness morpheme), from Ternate jou (“lord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒo.u.ˈd͡ʒo.u/
Noun
joujou
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics (as jowjow)