adj · noun · 5 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American:jĕzʹo͞oĭt
General-American:/ˈd͡ʒɛzuɪt/
General-American:/ˈd͡ʒɛʒuɪt/
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Received-Pronunciation:jĕzʹ(y)o͞oĭt
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈd͡ʒɛz(j)uɪt/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈd͡ʒɛʒuɪt/
CMU ARPABET:JH EH1 ZH UW0 IH0 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Society of Jesus or its members.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jesuitic, jesuitical
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A member of the Society of Jesus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Ignatian, Ignatianist
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A crafty person; an intriguer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
having qualities characteristic of Jesuits or Jesuitism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Jesuitical education
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Jesuitical, Jesuitic
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a member of the Jesuit order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religious
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin Iēsūīta, from Latin Iēsūs + -īta.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
jezuit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Amharic:
ጄሱት
(ǧesut)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Arabic:
يَسُوعِيّ
(yasūʕiyy)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Arabic:
يَسُوعِيَّة
(yasūʕiyya)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Armenian:
ճիզվիտ
(čizvit)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Azerbaijani:
yezuit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Azerbaijani:
cizvit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Belarusian:
езуі́т
(jezuít)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Belarusian:
езуі́тка
(jezuítka)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Bulgarian:
йезуи́т
(jezuít)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Bulgarian:
йезуи́тка
(jezuítka)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Catalan:
jesuïta
— member of the Society of Jesus
Chinese Mandarin:
耶穌會士 /耶稣会士
(Yēsū huìshì)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Czech:
jezuita
— member of the Society of Jesus
Danish:
jesuit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Dutch:
jezuïet
— member of the Society of Jesus
Estonian:
jesuiit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Finnish:
jesuiitta
— member of the Society of Jesus
French:
jésuite
— member of the Society of Jesus
Galician:
xesuíta
— member of the Society of Jesus
Georgian:
იეზუიტი
(iezuiṭi)
— member of the Society of Jesus
German:
Jesuit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Greek:
ιησουίτης
(iisouítis)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Hungarian:
jezsuita
— member of the Society of Jesus
Icelandic:
jesúíti
— member of the Society of Jesus
Irish:
Íosánach
— member of the Society of Jesus
Italian:
gesuita
— member of the Society of Jesus
Japanese:
イエズス会士
(Iezusu kaishi)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Japanese:
ジェスイット
(jesuitto)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Kazakh:
иезуит
(iezuit)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Korean:
예수회 사람
(yesuhoe saram)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Korean:
제수이트
(jesu'iteu)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Kyrgyz:
иезуит
(iyezuit)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Latin:
Iēsuīta
— member of the Society of Jesus
Latvian:
jezuīts
— member of the Society of Jesus
Lithuanian:
jėzuitas
— member of the Society of Jesus
Macedonian:
ису́совец
(isúsovec)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Macedonian:
езуи́т
(ezuít)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Malayalam:
ജസൂട്ട്
(jasūṭṭŭ)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Norwegian Bokmål:
jesuitt
— member of the Society of Jesus
Norwegian Nynorsk:
jesuitt
— member of the Society of Jesus
Occitan:
jesuïta
— member of the Society of Jesus
Occitan:
jesuista
— member of the Society of Jesus
Persian:
یسوعی
(yasu'i)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Polish:
jezuita
— member of the Society of Jesus
Polish:
jezuitka
— member of the Society of Jesus
Portuguese:
jesuíta
— member of the Society of Jesus
Romanian:
iezuit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Romanian:
iezuită
— member of the Society of Jesus
Russian:
иезуи́т
(ijezuít)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Russian:
иезуи́тка
(ijezuítka)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Serbo-Croatian:
језу̀ӣт
— member of the Society of Jesus
Serbo-Croatian:
jezùīt
— member of the Society of Jesus
Slovak:
jezuita
— member of the Society of Jesus
Slovene:
jezuit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Spanish:
jesuita
— member of the Society of Jesus
Swedish:
jesuit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Tajik:
иезуит
(iyezuyit)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Thai:
เยสุอิต
— member of the Society of Jesus
Turkish:
cizvit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Ukrainian:
єзуї́т
(jezujít)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Ukrainian:
єзуї́тка
(jezujítka)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Urdu:
یسوعی
(yasū'ī)
— member of the Society of Jesus
Uzbek:
iyezuit
— member of the Society of Jesus
Vietnamese:
thầy tu dòng Tên
— member of the Society of Jesus
