English Explanatory Dictionary

jealousy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
  2. A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.

Pronunciation

/ˈd͡ʒɛl.ə.si/ en-us-jealousy.ogg

Word forms

jealousy jealousies jealousie

Etymology

From Middle English jalousie, from Old French jalousie, equivalent to jealous + -y. Doublet of jalousie. Related also to zeal, zealous. Displaced native Old English æfest and Old English nīþ.

Synonyms

jealousness

Antonyms

compersion

Related words

jealous jealously jalousie zealous

Derived words

interjealousy

Translations

Albanian: zili Albanian: xhelozi Arabic: غَيْرَة Arabic: غيرة Arabic: حَسَد Arabic: حسد Armenian: խանդ Armenian: նախանձ Assamese: হিংসা Azerbaijani: qısqanclıq Belarusian: рэ́ўнасць Belarusian: рэ́ўнасьць Belarusian: за́йздрасць Belarusian: за́йздрасьць Belarusian: за́вісць Belarusian: за́вісьць Bulgarian: ре́вност Bulgarian: за́вист Catalan: gelosia Catalan: gels Chichewa: nsanje Chinese Cantonese: 嫉妒 Chinese Cantonese: 妒忌 Chinese Mandarin: 嫉妒 Chinese Mandarin: 妒忌 Chinese Mandarin: 醋勁 /醋劲 Chinese Mandarin: 醋 Chinese Mandarin: 醋意 Chinese Mandarin: 妒嫉 Czech: žárlivost Czech: závist Danish: jalousi Danish: misundelighed Danish: misundelse Dutch: jaloezie Dutch: jaloersheid Dutch: afgunst Dutch: naijver Dutch: ijverzucht Dutch: ijver Dutch: nijd Esperanto: ĵaluzo Estonian: armukadedus Faroese: øvundsjúka Finnish: mustasukkaisuus Finnish: kateus French: jalousie French: envie French: convoitise Galician: ciúme Galician: ciúmes Galician: cío Galician: goña Galician: acexo Galician: livor Georgian: ეჭვიანობა Georgian: შურიანობა Georgian: შური German: Eifersucht German: Missgunst German: Neid Greek: ζήλια Hebrew: קִנְאָה Hindi: जलन Hindi: ईर्षा Hungarian: féltékenység Hungarian: féltékenykedés Icelandic: afbrýði Icelandic: afbrýðisemi Ido: jaluzeso Italian: gelosia Italian: invidia Japanese: 嫉妬 Japanese: しっと Japanese: ジェラシー Japanese: 焼きもち Japanese: ねたみ Kapampangan: pamangalalu Kapampangan: pamagselus Kazakh: қызғаныш Khmer: ប្រចណ្ឌ Khmer: ឥច្ឆា Khmer: ឥស្សា Korean: 질투 Korean: 부러움 Kyrgyz: көрө албастык Latvian: greizsirdība Lithuanian: pavydas Lithuanian: pavyduliavimas Macedonian: љубомора Macedonian: завист Magahi: 𑂅𑂩𑂹𑂎𑂰 Magahi: 𑂙𑂰𑂯 Malayalam: അസൂയ Malayalam: കുശുമ്പ്
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