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jeu

American  
[zhœ] / ʒœ /

noun

French.

plural

jeux
  1. a game.


Example Sentences

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La boucle est ainsi bouclée: le jeu vidéo devenu oeuvre d’art matérielle repasse dans la dimension digitale.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

The Académie Française says "jeu video de competition" should replace "e-sports", and "streamer" should become "joueur-animateur en direct".

From BBC • May 31, 2022

He was not, describing the letter as “a jeu d’esprit”.

From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 2020

In addition, science fiction grandmaster Robert Silverberg describes how “F&SF” got its start and Paul Di Filippo offers a scholarly jeu d’esprit about a long-lost collaboration between Jules Verne and H.G.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2019

The following jeu d'esprit is peculiarly in character with Dr. Franklin.

From The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers by Weems, Mason Locke