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bijou.

A jewel.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/biˈʒuː/UK
  1. A jewel.

  2. A piece of jewelry; a trinket.

  3. A small intricate piece of metalwork.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French bijou.

adj/biˈʒuː/UK
  1. Small; little.

    Polari
  2. Small and elegant.

  3. Intricate; finely made.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Sabir bijou, ultimately from Occitan pichon (“small, little”), influenced by English bijou (“jewel”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.