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Comments for JACQUES:
Some people pronounce it like "jack-WEESE".-- Anonymous User 3/2/2005
Another way to pronounce this is "Jakes".-- Anonymous User 7/14/2005
I heard a pronunciation of this name that was funny, it was zakiess.-- moody7 8/2/2005
I always though that the English form was 'Jack'. Aw, well...-- echo_of_the_past 10/9/2005
Jacques Chirac is the French President and Jacques-Yves Costeau was a famous explorer of the oceans.-- breakofday 12/21/2005
Jacques-Louis David was the one who painted "Death of Marat".-- Anonymous User 4/26/2006
Jacques Snicket, of the Lemony Snicket series.-- Anonymous User 7/9/2006
Jacques-Yves Cousteau invented the aqua-lung and was one of the first to make underwater films.-- trayc53 7/23/2006
The name of the character in Shakespeare's As You Like It ("the melancholy Jacques") is pronounced "JAY-kwez."-- Kosta 8/1/2006
I have heard Jacquot being used as a nickname for people called Jacques, I suppose it would be the English equivalent of Jim or Jimmy.-- hana 2/26/2007
Stuck-up French guy. Period. That's what the name reminds me of.-- Anonymous User 8/22/2007
This name is interesting, but I once actually met a person who thought that it was pronounced jack-KWEEZ. Sometimes it's just so funny to see how non-francophones try to pronounce things.-- mhavril39 10/15/2007
A character in Christine Feehan's Dark series is named Jacques.-- Annea Lieseza 11/19/2007
A famous bearer is Jacques Barzun (born November 30, 1907) an prominent French-born historian. He is known for his wide range of expertise, as well as numerous books he's written, edited, and translated across seven decades.-- AndrewJKD 4/14/2008
In Balzac's La Comédie Humaine, Jacques Collin is the real name of the character also known as Vautrin or Carlos Herrera. He's a criminal mastermind and his role is similar to Goethe's Mephistopheles.-- Patria-Sue 11/14/2008
I heard somewhere this was also the French form of John.-- emmiix3 4/11/2009
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849) was a Swiss-born animal painter.-- Anonymous User 7/4/2011
Jacques d'Arthois (1613-1686) was a Flemish landscape painter.-- Anonymous User 8/28/2011
Jacques Aved (1702-1766) was a French portrait painter. His best-known portrait is 'Mme Crozat'.-- Anonymous User 8/31/2011
Jacques de Baerze (active in 1380s and 90s) was a Netherlandish woodcarver.-- Anonymous User 9/3/2011
Jacques Bellange (1616) was a French painter, etcher, draughtsman and designer.-- Anonymous User 9/10/2011
Jacques Blanchard (1600-1638) was a French painter.-- Anonymous User 9/19/2011
Jacques-Émile Blanche (1861-1942) was a French painter.-- Anonymous User 9/19/2011
Jacques du Broeucq (1505?, Mons? – 1584, Mons) was a sculptor and architect from Southern Netherlands.-- Anonymous User 10/12/2011
Jacques Callot (1592-1635) was a French etcher and draughtsman.-- Anonymous User 10/16/2011
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