French word

jumeau

Pronunciation

IPA/ʒymo/

Meaning

  • masculine nountwin

Example

Nous sommes jumeaux.

We are twins.

Illustration for jumeau (twin)

More examples

Elle attend des jumeaux.

She is expecting twins.

Core concept

Two people from the same birth form one matched pair.

Common phrases

  • avoir des jumeaux

    have twins

  • les jumeaux

    the twins

Similar words

jumelle: The female member of a pair of siblings born at the same time.
sosie: A person whose face or manner closely resembles another person's.

Definition in French

Personne née en même temps qu'une autre personne du même accouchement.

Word origin

Jumeau comes from Latin gemellus, a diminutive of geminus, through Old French forms such as jumel.

Usage tips

  • Jumeau is masculine, while the feminine form is jumelle; the plural is jumeaux for males or mixed groups and jumelles for females.

Related words

  • jumelépairedadjective
  • jumelagetwinningnoun

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