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JACQUES

"JACQUES" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the heel holder", "a supplanter".

Date "JACQUES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Specialty Definition: JACQUES

DomainDefinition

Literature

Jacques A generic name for the poor artisan class in France. Jacques is a sort of cotton waistcoat without sleeves.
"Jacques, il me faut troubler ton somme;
Dans le village, un gros huissier
Röde et court, suivi du messier:
Cest pour I impôt, las! mon pauvre homme.
Löve-toi, Jacques, leve-toi,
Voici venir l'huissier du roi."
Beranger (1831).
Pauvre Jacques. Said to a maiden when she is lackadaisical (French). Marie Antoinette had at the Little Trianon an artificial Swiss village, which she called her "Petite Suisse, " and actually sent to Switzerland for a peasant girl to assist in milking the cows. The Swiss maiden was one day overheard sighing for "Pauvre Jacques, " and the queen sent for the distant and had the lovers married. To finish this absurd romance, the Marchioness de Travanet wrote an ode on the event, which was for a time wonderfully popular.
"Pauvre Jacques, quand j'etais prés de toi,
Je ne sentais pas ma misere:
Mais a présent que tu vis loin de mol.
Je manque de tout sur la terre."
Marquise de Travanet.
Jacques (1 syl.). A morose cynical moraliser in Shakespeare's As You Like It. It is much disputed whether the word is a monosyllable or not. Charles Lamb makes it a dissyllable - "Where Jaquës fed in solitary vein;" but Sir Walter Scott uses it as a monosyllable - "Whom humorous Jacques with envy viewed." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: JACQUES

English words defined with "JACQUES": Francois JacobJacob, Jacquerie, Joliet, Jolliet, Josef Michel MontgolfierLouis Joliet, Louis JollietMontgolfier. (references)
Specialty definitions using "JACQUES": Barber PoetDominicans, Duchesne, DufargeHebertistsJacobins, Jacques BonhommeLast of the Troubadours, Legenda AureaMelancholy JacquesPere Duchene, poverty passport. (references)
Non-English Usage: "JACQUES" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (Jack, Jacob, James).

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Modern Usage: JACQUES

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I've performed the autopsy on Jacques Renault. (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones)

Leo Johnson was shot, Jacques Reneau was strangled, the mill burned, Shelly and Pete got smoke inhalation, Catherine and Josie are missing, Nadine is in a coma from taking sleeping pills. (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones)

Leo was shot, Jacques Renault was strangled, the mill burned, Pete and Shelly have smoke inhalation, Catherine and Josie are missing and Nadine is in a coma from taking sleeping pills. (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones)

Let them make one for Pesquet, or Jacques! That kid of Lefèvre's he'd appreciate a gesture. (The Train; writing credit: Rose Vall; Franklin Coen)

Movie/TV Titles

Vive les Jacques (1972)

Jacques Grandmaison (1968)

Cinéma de notre temps: Jacques Becker (1967)

C'est pas la faute à Jacques Cartier (1967)

The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (1966)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: JACQUES

DomainTitle

References

  • JACQUES BOGART: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Jacques Vert Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • On Feminine Sexuality, the Limits of Love and Knowledge: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XX, Encore (reference)

  • From Enzyme Adaptation to Natural Philosophy: Heritage from Jacques Monod: Proceedings of the Symposium 'Jacques Monod and Molecular Biology, yester (reference)

  • Die Macht der Vier: Von der Pythagoreischen Zahl Zum Modernen Mathematischen Strukturbegriff In Jacques Roubauds Oulipotischer Erzahlung (reference)

  • And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, Blind Hero of the French Resistance (reference)

  • Jacques Prévert: From Film and Theatre to Poetry (Chiasma 12) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • The under sea world of Jacques Cousteau / the unsinkable sea otter (reference)

  • The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau - Forgotten Mermaids (reference)

  • The Under Sea World of Jacques Cousteau - The Smile of the Walrus (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: JACQUES

Photos:
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Photo Album: JACQUES

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Title page to: A physical dissertation, concerning the cause of the variation of the barometer ...., by Jacques de Roubaix. Printed in 1721. Check out note concerning "that it is impossible to find out the longitude"! Library Call Number QC891 .R85 1721. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Ascent of Jacques Charles at the Tuileries, December 1, 1783 in: "Histoire des Ballons et des Aeronautes Celebres," by Gaston Tissandier, 1887, p. 31. Library Call Number TL616 .T57 1887. This was the first manned hydrogen balloon ascent. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Lieutenant Don Walsh, USN, and Jacques Piccard in the bathyscaphe TRIESTE. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 48. A sea bottom dredge designed by Jacques Picard in 1961 at the Marseille Marine Station and first used in the Bay of Marseille. This was meant to sample the fauna living in the sediments covering the seafloor. This instrument is similar to a box dredge or deep sea anchor dredge. It was first tested in 1961 in the Bay of Marseille. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Caption: Recording at the Edison Studio, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Jacques Urlus Singing, Sodero Conducting; New York, NY; March 30, 1916; {29.430/6} (jpg).

[Medical Curiosities] / Jacques Callot. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Naissance de St. Jean. : D'Apres le Tableau de Jacques Tintoret, qui est dans le Cabinet de Mr. Crozat. / [Tintoretto] gravé par Frederic Horthemels. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

For a few seconds Monsieur Jacques smoked on --. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Prix Ruinart", 2nd crossing of the English-Channel, Jacques de] Lesseps crosses the English Channel, May 21, 1910] / photo, France-Reportage. Credit: Library of Congress.

Geneva. Monument Jean Jacques Rousseau. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: JACQUES

AuthorQuotation

Jacques Delille

Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

Jacques Du Lauren

I do not attack fools, but foolishness.

Jacques Pierre Brissot

Exclusive property is a theft against nature.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

A feeble body weakens the mind.
Childhood is the sleep of reason.
Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.
Base souls have no faith in great individuals.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: JACQUES

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

They went to the least frequented walk of the Luxembourg, and every Sunday to mass, always at Saint Jacques du Haut Pas, because it was quite distant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: JACQUES

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Jacques Dessange and Franck Provost are also benefiting from the current growth of this sector. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

Eventually, in December 1998, Jacques Alexis was confirmed as Prime Minister. (references)

Monaco

Its Oceanographic Museum, formerly directed by Jacques Cousteau, is one of the most renowned institutions of its kind in the world. (references)

Syria

Jacques HAKIM: Victoria Bridge, Mardam building, P.O. Box 5788; tel: 963-11-222-3577, 371-0554; fax: 963-11-224-4370. Citizen of the SAR. (references)

Human Rights

Cameroon

On May 17, police arrested on undisclosed charges and tortured Jacques Zoua, a member of a Maroua-based human rights NGO. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

On January 31, 10 gendarmes arrested former Minister Jean Jacques Bechio, an advisor for diplomatic affairs to Alassane Ouattara, at his home in Abidjan. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

During the year, several RDR members arrested in 2000 were released from the MACA on provisional liberty: On April 26, RDR spokesperson Ally Coulibaly and RDR national secretary Kafana Kone were released following 145 days of detention; on April 28, Camarah Yerefe was released; on May 2, Henriette Diabate's son, Jean Philippe Kabore, driver Coulibaly Seydou, and other 3 RDR members were released; on May 29, Jean Jacques Bechio was released; however, 39 RDR members still were in jail in Abidjan and in the north at year's end. (references)

Political Economy

France

Currently, center-right President Jacques Chirac "cohabits" with a government of the center-left that was elected in June 1997. The Socialist-led coalition includes representatives of the Communist and Green parties and is headed by Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, who ran unsuccessfully against Jacques Chirac in the 1995 presidential elections. (references)

Worker Rights

Haiti

They were given ultimatums to rally behind the FL. Jacques Pierre, Secretary General of the Confederation of Haitian Workers (KOTA), and his family abandoned their home and spent much of the year avoiding FL militants. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: JACQUES

"JACQUES" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.80% of the time. "JACQUES" is used about 998 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)99.8%9967,382
Noun (plural)0.2%2245,945
                    Total100.00%998N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: JACQUES

The following table summarizes the usage of "JACQUES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
JacquesFirst name Male8,000763
JacquesLast name6,0002,204
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: JACQUES

"JACQUES" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the heel holder", "a supplanter".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "JACQUES."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
CobyMaleN/AJacob
JacobinaFemaleN/AJacob
JamesMaleBiblicalJacob
JagoMaleCornishJacob
JakovMaleCroatianJacob
JakubMaleCzechJacob
IbMaleDanishJacob
JacobineFemaleDanishJacob
JaapMaleDutchJacob
JacobMaleDutchN/A
JacobaFemaleDutchJacob
JacobineFemaleDutchJacob
JacobMaleEnglishN/A
JacquetteFemaleEnglishJacques
JamesMaleEnglishJacob
JaycobMaleEnglishJacob
JebMaleEnglishJacob
JaakkoMaleFinnishJacob
JoukoMaleFinnishJacob
JacquelineFemaleFrenchJacques
JacquesMaleFrenchJacob
JakobMaleGermanJacob
IakopaMaleHawaiianJacob
JákobMaleHungarianJacob
JakabMaleHungarianJacob
GiacobbeMaleItalianJacob
JacopoMaleItalianJacob
KapelMaleJewishJacob
KoppelMaleJewishJacob
YakovMaleJewishJacob
YankelMaleJewishJacob
JacobineFemaleNorwegianJacob
JakubMalePolishJacob
KubaMalePolishJacob
YakovMaleRussianJacob
JacobMaleScandinavianN/A
JakobMaleScandinavianJacob
JakaMaleSloveneJacob
IagoMaleSpanishJacob
JacoboMaleSpanishJacob
IagoMaleWelshJacob
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: JACQUES

CountryNameCountryName
France

JACQUES BOGART

United Kingdom

Jacques Vert Plc

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: JACQUES

Expressions using "JACQUES": Anne Robert Jacques Turgot Georges Jacques Danton Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault Jacques Bernoulli Jacques Cartier Jacques Charles Jacques Costeau Jacques Derrida Jacques Etienne Montgolfier Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy Jacques Lipchitz Jacques Loeb Jacques Louis David Jacques Lucien Monod Jacques Marquette Jacques Monod Jacques Offenbach Jacques Tati Jacques Tatischeff Jacques Yves Costeau Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre Pere Jacques Marquette. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "JACQUES": Jacques-antoine, Jacques-ass, jacques-augustin-catherine, jacques-emile, jacques-laurent, Jacques-louis, Jacques-marie, Jacques-nicolas, Jacques-roger, Jacques-solomon, Jacques-yves.

Ending with "JACQUES": Saint-jacques.

Containing "JACQUES": Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: JACQUES

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

jacques villeneuve

236

jacques dutronc

30

jacques cartier

230

jacques whitford

29

jean jacques rousseau

227

jacques callot

28

bourboulon jacques

193

frere jacques

28

jacques cousteau

176

duval jacques

26

jacques

174

offenbach jacques

25

jacques brel

166

jacques ketant

25

jean jacques goldman

162

jacques lemans

24

jacques chirac

121

jacques plante

23

jacques louis david

119

cantani jacques

22

brian jacques

112

cousteau jacques yves

21

jacques pepin

61

composer french jacques

20

jacques torres

55

jacques tati

20

jacques locat

48

jean jacques rosseau

19

prevert jacques

45

anna hospital jacques

19

jacques lacan

41

bourboulon gallery jacques

18

jacques derrida

40

de jacques molay

18

charles jacques

39

compostelle de jacques saint

18

jacques dessange

34

jacques mayol

17

cap jacques st

31

coquille jacques st

16

jacques cartier picture

16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: JACQUES

Misspellings

"JACQUES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gicquel, Jacksey, Jacqes, Jacquot, Jaque, Jaqui, jusque, Pacque, Pacques. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: JACQUES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-j-q-s-u"

-1 letter: casque, sacque.

-2 letters: cause, sauce.

-3 letters: aces, case, cues, ecus.

-4 letters: ace, cue, eau, ecu, jeu, jus, qua, sac, sae, sau, sea, sec, sue, suq, use.

-5 letters: ae, as, es, us.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-j-q-s-u"
 

+3 letters: jacqueries.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: JACQUES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 41 43 51 55 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.---    .-    -.-.    --.-    ..-    .    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01000001 01000011 01010001 01010101 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#65 &#67 &#81 &#85 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0041 0043 0051 0055 0045 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

44353751553953

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Names: Derived from
13. Names: Company Usage
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Derivations
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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