English
gilet jaune
Gilet jaune comes from French gilet jaune ‘yellow high-visibility safety vest’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgilet jaune‘yellow high-visibility safety vest’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Frenchc. 1600–presentgilet jaune‘yellow high-visibility safety vest’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023same form
Earliest quotation: 2023, Oliver Haynes: “French protests are always lively, but as the journalist…”
Every English word from French gilet jaune
Today it means
noun A yellow vest, a member of a French protest movement which started in 2018.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French gilet jaune / gilet jaune