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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Pronunciation
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jo͞oʹ-ĭsh
/ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/
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rhymes with -uːɪʃ
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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
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