jury

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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒɚ.i/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒʉːɹi/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹi

Etymology 1

From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“I swear or take an oath”).

Noun

jury (plural juries)

1. (law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
2. A group of judges in a competition.
3. (theater, slang) The audience attending the first night of a performance, whose reaction may determine whether it succeeds or fails.

Meronyms

• juror

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

jury (third-person singular simple present juries, present participle jurying, simple past and past participle juried)

1. To judge by means of a jury.

Etymology 2

Early 1600s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Old French ajurie, from Latin adiūtō.

Alternatively, perhaps ultimately from Frankish *garu (“ready, prepared”), related to Middle English yore, ȝare, from Old English ġeoro, ġearu (“ready, prompt, prepared, quick”).

Adjective

jury (not comparable)

1. (nautical) For temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance.

Derived terms

• jurymast
• jury-rig

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English jury or French jury (itself from English), from Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta. If the Dutch term was not directly borrowed from French, the pronunciation has been secondarily influenced by the French pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒyː.ri/
• Hyphenation: ju‧ry

Noun

jury f (plural jury's, diminutive jury'tje n)

1. jury

Derived terms

• jurylid

Finnish

Etymology

English jury

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjury/, [ˈjury]
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒu(ː)ri/, [ˈdʒu(ː)ri]
• IPA^(key): /ˈjyry/, [ˈjyry] (usually humorous)
• Rhymes: -ury
• Hyphenation^(key): ju‧ry

Noun

jury

1. Synonym of tuomaristo (“jury (of judges in a competition)”)
2. Synonym of valamiehistö (“jury (in a court)”)

Declension

French

Etymology

English jury.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʁi/

Noun

jury m (plural jurys)

1. jury

Related terms

• juré

Descendants

Further reading

• “jury”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

jury

1. Alternative form of Jewery

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English jury.

Noun

jury m (plural jurys)

1. (Jersey, law) jury

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English jury.

Noun

jury m (definite singular juryen, indefinite plural juryer, definite plural juryene)

1. (law, in competitions also) a jury

References

• “jury” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English jury.

Noun

jury m (definite singular juryen, indefinite plural juryar, definite plural juryane)

1. (law, in competitions also) a jury

Synonyms

• (law) lagrette, lagrett, folkedomstol

References

• “jury” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French jury, from English jury, from Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐɘˈri/, /ʐiˈri/
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ju‧ry

Noun

jury n (indeclinable)

1. (theater) jury (group of judges in a competition)

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.rɘ/
• Rhymes: -urɘ
• Syllabification: ju‧ry
• Homophone: Jury

Noun

jury f

1. genitive singular of jura

Further reading

• jury in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jury in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From English jury, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“I swear, I take an oath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɵrʏ/
• Rhymes: -ɵrʏ

Noun

jury c

1. jury

Declension

Derived terms

References

• jury in Svensk ordbok (SO)