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Jewish

adj · name · noun · 8 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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  • jo͞oʹ-ĭsh
  • /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/
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  • rhymes with -uːɪʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: JH UW1 IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Following the religion of Judaism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There are many Jewish people in France.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Judaic

Antonyms: gentile, goyish, non-Jewish, un-Jewish

Broader terms: Abrahamic

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I tried some traditional Jewish food yesterday.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: heebish, Israelite, Jew, Jewy, kikeish, kikey, Yiddish

Antonyms: gentile, goyish, non-Jewish, un-Jewish

Broader terms: Hebraic, Hebrew

3

adj

Meaning 3

Greedy, miserly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, derogatory, offensive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Yiddish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

The Hebrew language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, proscribed

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

The Yiddish language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, proscribed

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A Jew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed

Qualifier: non-native speakers' English

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He is Jewish
  • a Jewish wedding

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Judaic

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hebré — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Albanian: çifut — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Arabic: يَهُودِيّ (yahūdiyy) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Armenian: հրեական (hreakan) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Asturian: xudíu — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Azerbaijani: yəhudi — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Bashkir: йәһүд (yəhüd) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Belarusian: яўрэ́йскі (jawréjski) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Belarusian: габрэ́йскі (habréjski) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Belarusian: жыдо́ўскі (žydówski) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Bengali: ইহুদি (ihudi) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Breton: yuzev — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Bulgarian: евре́йски (evréjski) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Burmese: ဂျူး (gyu:) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Catalan: jueu — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 猶太的 /犹太的 (yóutài de) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Czech: židovský — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Danish: jødisk — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Dutch: joodse — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Esperanto: juda — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Estonian: juudi — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Finnish: juutalainen — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • French: juif — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Galician: xudeu — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Galician: xudaico — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Georgian: ებრაული (ebrauli) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • German: jüdisch — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Gothic: 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (judaiwisks) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Greek: ιουδαϊκός (ioudaïkós) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Ancient Greek: Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Hebrew: יְהוּדִי (y'hudí) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Hindi: यहूदी (yahūdī) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Hungarian: zsidó — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Icelandic: gyðingaættar — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Indonesian: Yahudi — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Irish: Giúdach — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Italian: giudeo — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Italian: ebreo — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Japanese: ユダヤの (yudaya no) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Japanese: ユダヤ人の (yudayajin no) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Kazakh: еврей (evrei) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Khmer: ជ្វីស (cviih) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Korean: 유대인의 (yudaein-ui) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Korean: 히브리의 (hibeuri-ui) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Northern Kurdish: cihû — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Northern Kurdish: yehûdî — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Kyrgyz: еврей (yevrey) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Kyrgyz: жөөт (jööt) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Kyrgyz: жуу (juu) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Ladino: djudio — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Lao: ຢີວ (yīu) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Latin: iūdaeus — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Latvian: ebreju — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Lithuanian: žydiškas — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Lithuanian: žydų — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Macedonian: еврејски (evrejski) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Malay: Yahudi — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Maltese: Lhudi — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Mongolian: еврей (jevrej) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Mongolian: жүүд (žüüd) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jødisk — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jødisk — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Church Slavic: жидовьскъ (židovĭskŭ) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Church Slavic: июдѣискъ (ijuděiskŭ) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Old English: Iūdēisċ — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Pannonian Rusyn: жидовски (židovski) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Pannonian Rusyn: єврейски (jevrejski) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Pashto: يهودي (yahudí) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Persian: یَهُودِی (yahūdī) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Iranian Persian: یَهودی (yahudi) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Polish: żydowski — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Portuguese: judaico — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Portuguese: judeu — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Punjabi: ਯਹੂਦੀ (yahūdī) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Punjabi: یَہُودی (yahūdī) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Romanian: evreiesc — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Russian: евре́йский (jevréjskij) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Russian: иуде́йский (iudéjskij) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Russian: жидо́вский (židóvskij) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Northern Sami: juvddálaš — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Scottish Gaelic: Iùdhach — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Serbo-Croatian: јѐврејскӣ — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Serbo-Croatian: жѝдовскӣ — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Serbo-Croatian: jèvrejskī — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Serbo-Croatian: žìdovskī — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Slovak: židovský — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Slovene: judovski — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Slovene: židovski — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Spanish: judío — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Swahili: Kiyahudi — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Swedish: judisk — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Tajik: яҳудиёнӣ (yahudiyoni) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Tajik: яҳудӣ (yahudi) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Tatar: яһүд (yähüd) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Thai: ยิว (yiu) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Turkish: Musevi — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Turkish: Yahudi — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Turkmen: ýewreý — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Turkmen: ýahudiý — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Ukrainian: євре́йський (jevréjsʹkyj) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Ukrainian: іуде́йський (iudéjsʹkyj) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Ukrainian: юде́йський (judéjsʹkyj) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Ukrainian: жиді́вський (žydívsʹkyj) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Urdu: یَہُودی (yahūdī) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Uyghur: يەھۇدى (yehudi) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Uzbek: yahudiy — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Vietnamese: Do thái — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Volapük: yudanik — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Welsh: Iddewig — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Yiddish: ייִדיש (yidish) — of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
  • Dutch: Joods — informal term for Yiddish — see also Yiddish
  • German: Jüdisch — informal term for Yiddish — see also Yiddish
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