au jus

1. 1.

   served in its natural juices or gravy

   “roast beef au jus”

   Similarjuicy

   meat

Questions about au jus

What does au jus mean?

au jus means "served in its natural juices or gravy".

Is au jus a common word?

au jus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.