English Explanatory Dictionary

Jewish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Following the religion of Judaism.
  2. Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.
  3. Greedy, miserly.
  4. Yiddish.
noun
  1. A Jew.
name
  1. The Hebrew language.
  2. The Yiddish language.

Pronunciation

jo͞oʹ-ĭsh /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/ Jewish US.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Jewish.wav

Word forms

Jewish Jewisher more Jewish Jewishest most Jewish Jooish Juish Jewishes

Etymology

From Jew + -ish. Compare Middle English Judewissh (“Jewish”), Old English Iūdēisċ (“Jewish”), Dutch joodsch, joods (“Jewish”), German jüdisch (“Jewish”), Danish jødisk (“Jewish”), Swedish judisk (“Jewish”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (judaiwisks, “Jewish”). See also Yiddish.

Synonyms

Judaic heebish Israelite Jew Jewy kikeish kikey Yiddish

Antonyms

gentile goyish non-Jewish un-Jewish

Related words

Israeli Evrite Ivrite

Derived words

anti-Jewish Blewish Bluish crypto-Jewish is the Pope Jewish Jewish Alps Jewish Autonomous Oblast Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Jewish badge Jewish Bible Jewish Bolshevism Jewish calendar Jewish champagne Jewish colony Jewish English Jewish flag Jewish hereness Jewishish Jewish lightning Jewish Literary Aramaic Jewishly Jewishness Jewish nose Jewish occupation government Jewish overdrive Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Jewish penicillin Jewish piano Jewish Question Jewish rye bread Jewish Science Jewish Standard Time Jewish state Jewish tax Jewish typewriter Jewishy Jewish Zionism non-Jewish Orthodox Jewish pro-Jewish pseudo-Jewish quasi-Jewish semi-Jewish un-Jewish unjewish
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