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.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/
Received-Pronunciation, also, modern:/ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/
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General-American:/ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/
General-American:/ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/
rhymes with -ʊəɹi
rhymes with -uːɹi
homophone: jury (most accents)
CMU ARPABET:JH UW1 R IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Jewish people considered collectively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Hitler attempted to murder all of European Jewry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Judaism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The land of the Jews; Judea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Jews collectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social group
History
Etymology
From Middle English Jewery, from Old French juerie. By surface analysis, Jew + -ry.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Aghwan:
𐕛𐔰𐕖𐔰𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕎
(vačarun)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Albanian:
çifutëri
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Arabic:
يَهُود
(yahūd)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Armenian:
հրեություն
(hreutʻyun)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Belarusian:
яўрэ́йства
(jawréjstva)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Belarusian:
габрэ́йства
(habréjstva)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Bulgarian:
еврейство
(evrejstvo)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Catalan:
jueria
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Chinese Mandarin:
猶太民族 /犹太民族
(yóutài mínzú)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Czech:
židovstvo
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Czech:
Židovstvo
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Esperanto:
judaro
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Estonian:
juudid
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Finnish:
juutalaiset
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
French:
judéité
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
French:
judaïté
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
French:
judeïté
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
French:
judaïcité
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
French:
juiverie
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
German:
Judentum
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
German:
Judenheit
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Hebrew:
עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל
(Am Yisrael)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Hungarian:
zsidóság
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Italian:
giudecca
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Japanese:
ユダヤ民族
(yudaya minzoku)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Lithuanian:
žydija
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Macedonian:
еврејство
(evrejstvo)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Middle English:
Jewery
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Polish:
żydostwo
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Portuguese:
judiaria
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Russian:
евре́йство
(jevréjstvo)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Russian:
евре́и
(jevréi)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Sicilian:
judeca
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Spanish:
pueblo judío
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Spanish:
judería
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Swedish:
judenhet
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Ukrainian:
євре́йство
(jevréjstvo)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Ukrainian:
євре́ї
(jevréji)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Urdu:
یَہُود
(yahūd)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
Yiddish:
ייִדנטום
(yidntum)
— Jews in general, the Jewish population of a locale
