jeunesse dorée

noun

Young people who are dazzlingly rich, elegant, etc.; the youthful part of fashionable society.

OriginFrench jeunesse dorée ← ['fr jeunesse dorée →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounjeunesse dorée pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyYoung people who are dazzlingly rich, elegant, etc.; the youthful part of fashionable society.

Origin

  1. ['frjeunesse dorée
  2. Frenchjeunesse dorée
  3. Englishjeunesse dorée

Borrowed from French jeunesse dorée (“gilded youth”).

More words from French, ['fr

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish yläluokan nuoriso, kultainen nuoriso
  • yläluokan nuorisorich and fashionable young people
  • kultainen nuorisorich and fashionable young people
French jeunesse dorée
  • jeunesse doréerich and fashionable young people
Polish złota młodzież
  • złota młodzieżrich and fashionable young people
Russian золота́я молодёжь
  • золота́я молодёжь (zolotája molodjóžʹ)rich and fashionable young people
Ukrainian золота́ мо́лодь
  • золота́ мо́лодь (zolotá mólodʹ)rich and fashionable young people
Cite this entry
APA

jeunesse dorée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jeunesse%20dor%C3%A9e

MLA

“jeunesse dorée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jeunesse%20dor%C3%A9e. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jeunesse dorée,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jeunesse%20dor%C3%A9e.

Source: jeunesse dorée on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.