Usage Note
Jésus (capitalised) refers to Jesus Christ in religious contexts. In French the final -s is silent, making the pronunciation zheh-ZOO. The exclamation Jésus ! or Jésus Marie ! is used colloquially to express surprise or mild alarm, similar to English 'Good Lord!' A jésus (lowercase) is also a type of large pork sausage from the Lyon region.
Examples
"Jésus est une figure centrale du christianisme."
Natural Translation
Jesus is a central figure of Christianity.

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