noun
Meaning 1
The perfectly appropriate word or phrase for the situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: winged word
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
mot juste
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /məʊˈʒuːst/
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rhymes with -uːst
noun
Meaning 2
the appropriate word or expression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French mot juste.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 最貼切的字眼 /最贴切的字眼 (zuì tiēqiè de zìyǎn) — perfectly appropriate word or phrase
- Finnish: osuva ilmaus — perfectly appropriate word or phrase
- French: mot juste — perfectly appropriate word or phrase
- German: richtiger / passender / zutreffender Ausdruck — perfectly appropriate word or phrase
- German: richtiges / passendes / treffendes Wort — perfectly appropriate word or phrase