adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/
/ɪzˈlɑːmɪk/
/ɪzˈlæmɪk/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An Islamist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to or supporting Islamism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Islamic art
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Muslim, Moslem
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin Islāmus Latin -icus New Latin islāmicusder.? French islamiqueder.? English Islamic From Islam + -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique.
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
islamik
— related to Islam
Amharic:
እስላማዊ
(ʾəslamawi)
— related to Islam
Arabic:
إِسْلَامِيّ
(ʔislāmiyy)
— related to Islam
Armenian:
իսլամական
(islamakan)
— related to Islam
Azerbaijani:
islami
— related to Islam
Basque:
islamiko
— related to Islam
Belarusian:
ісла́мскі
(islámski)
— related to Islam
Belarusian:
ісля́мскі
(isljámski)
— related to Islam
Belarusian:
мусульма́нскі
(musulʹmánski)
— related to Islam
Belarusian:
магамета́нскі
(mahamjetánski)
— related to Islam
Belarusian:
ісьля́мскі
(isʹljámski)
— related to Islam
Bengali:
ইসলামী
(islami)
— related to Islam
Bengali:
ইসলামি
(islami)
— related to Islam
Bulgarian:
исля́мски
(isljámski)
— related to Islam
Bulgarian:
мохамеда́нски
(mohamedánski)
— related to Islam
Bulgarian:
мюсюлма́нски
(mjusjulmánski)
— related to Islam
Burmese:
အစ္စလမ်
(acca.lam)
— related to Islam
Catalan:
islàmic
— related to Islam
Cherokee:
ᎢᏌᎳᎻᎩ
(isalamigi)
— related to Islam
Chinese Mandarin:
伊斯蘭教 /伊斯兰教
(Yīsīlán jiào)
— related to Islam
Chinese Mandarin:
伊斯蘭 /伊斯兰
(Yīsīlán)
— related to Islam
Czech:
islámský
— related to Islam
Danish:
islamisk
— related to Islam
Dutch:
islamitisch
— related to Islam
Esperanto:
islama
— related to Islam
Estonian:
islami
— related to Islam
Finnish:
islamilainen
— related to Islam
French:
islamique
— related to Islam
Galician:
islámico
— related to Islam
Georgian:
ისლამური
(islamuri)
— related to Islam
German:
islamisch
— related to Islam
Greek:
ισλαμικός
(islamikós)
— related to Islam
Hebrew:
אִסְלָאמִי
(islami)
— related to Islam
Hindi:
इस्लामी
(islāmī)
— related to Islam
Hindi:
इसलामी
(islāmī)
— related to Islam
Hindi:
इस्लामिया
(islāmiyā)
— related to Islam
Hindi:
इसलामिया
(islāmiyā)
— related to Islam
Hungarian:
iszlám
— related to Islam
Hungarian:
mohamedán
— related to Islam
Icelandic:
íslamskur
— related to Islam
Indonesian:
Islam
— related to Islam
Irish:
Ioslamach
— related to Islam
Italian:
islamico
— related to Islam
Japanese:
イスラム教の
(Isuramu kyō no)
— related to Islam
Kazakh:
исламдық
(islamdyq)
— related to Islam
Khmer:
អិស្លាម
(ʼihslaam)
— related to Islam
Korean:
이슬람교의
(iseullamgyoui)
— related to Islam
Central Kurdish:
ئیسلامی
(îslamî)
— related to Islam
Northern Kurdish:
îslamî
— related to Islam
Kyrgyz:
исламдык
(islamdık)
— related to Islam
Kyrgyz:
ислам
(islam)
— related to Islam
Lao:
ອິດສະລາມ
(ʼit sa lām)
— related to Islam
Latvian:
islāma
— related to Islam
Lithuanian:
islamo
— related to Islam
Lithuanian:
islamiškas
— related to Islam
Macedonian:
исламски
(islamski)
— related to Islam
Malay:
Islam
— related to Islam
Marathi:
इस्लामी
(islāmī)
— related to Islam
Mongolian:
исламын
(islamyn)
— related to Islam
Mongolian:
лалын
(lalyn)
— related to Islam
Norwegian Bokmål:
islamsk
— related to Islam
Pashto:
اسلامي
(eslāmí)
— related to Islam
Persian:
اسلامی
(eslâmi)
— related to Islam
Polish:
islamski
— related to Islam
Polish:
islamicki
— related to Islam
Polish:
islamiczny
— related to Islam
Portuguese:
islâmico
— related to Islam
Portuguese:
muçulmano
— related to Islam
Romanian:
islamic
— related to Islam
Russian:
исла́мский
(islámskij)
— related to Islam
Russian:
мусульма́нский
(musulʹmánskij)
— related to Islam
Russian:
магомета́нский
(magometánskij)
— related to Islam
Serbo-Croatian:
ѝсла̄мскӣ
— related to Islam
Serbo-Croatian:
ìslāmskī
— related to Islam
Slovak:
islamský
— related to Islam
Slovene:
islamski
— related to Islam
Spanish:
islámico
— related to Islam
Swahili:
Kiislamu
— related to Islam
Swedish:
islamisk
— related to Islam
Swedish:
islamsk
— related to Islam
Tajik:
исломӣ
(islomi)
— related to Islam
Tamil:
இஸ்லாமிய
(islāmiya)
— related to Islam
Thai:
อิสลาม
(ìt-sà-laam)
— related to Islam
Tigrinya:
ኣስላማይ
(ʾaslamay)
— related to Islam
Turkish:
İslami
— related to Islam
Turkmen:
yslam
— related to Islam
Turkmen:
musulmançylyk
— related to Islam
Ukrainian:
ісла́мський
(islámsʹkyj)
— related to Islam
Ukrainian:
мусульма́нський
(musulʹmánsʹkyj)
— related to Islam
Ukrainian:
магомета́нський
(mahometánsʹkyj)
— related to Islam
