juice

Pronunciation: /d͡ʒus/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue by squeezing or cooking
  2. noun energetic vitality
  3. noun electric current

Etymology

From Middle English jus, juis, from Old French jus, jous, from Latin jūs (“broth, soup, sauce”), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs, from *yewH- (“to mix (of meal preparation)”). Doublet of jus and ukha. In this sense, mostly displaced native Middle English sew (“juice”), from Old English sēaw (“juice, sap”) (> English sew (“juice, broth, gravy”)). Sense of "soft drink" most likely an ellipsis of fizzy juice, another similarly common term in Scotland.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
foodstuff
Narrower (hyponyms)
tomato juice, papaya juice, lemon juice, gravy, v-8 juice, carrot juice

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