mot juste

[ moh zhyst ]

noun

, French.

, plural mots justes [moh , zhyst].

1. the exact, appropriate word.

mot juste

/ mo ʒyst /

noun

1. the appropriate word or expression

Example Sentences

So the word is out, and it’s le mot juste.

From New York Times

Gainsbourg is bilingual, but French is her first language; she pauses occasionally in our conversation to search around for le mot juste.

From The Guardian

And as Barnum ended nearly a century of trying to edit that sense of wonder into the mot juste, he finally nailed it at the end.

From Washington Post

For every occasion, for every emotion – exhaustion, indifference, malevolence, anxiety – a SpongeBob mot juste.

From The Guardian

I always think that’s a wonderful fault, if it is a fault—constantly looking for not just the mot juste, as it were, but to give a spin on the mot juste.

From The New Yorker