Etymology

gilet jaune

Today it means: A yellow vest, a member of a French protest movement which started in 2018. Full definition →

French gilet jaune
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  1. French · borrowed fromgilet jaune
  2. English todaygilet jaune

Borrowed from French gilet jaune.

Words from the same roots

Frenchgilet jaune all →

yellow vest

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