Pharisee

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹɪsiː/
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• General-American: /ˈfɛɹɪsi/
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• rhymes with -ɛəɹɪsi
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• CMU ARPABET: F AA1 R IH0 S IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin Pharisaeus, from Ancient Greek Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaîos), a transliteration of Aramaic פְּרִישַׁיָּא (pərîšayyâ’), emphatic plural of פְּרִישׁ (pərîš, “separatist”, literally “separated”), related to Hebrew פרוש (parush), qal passive participle of the verb פָּרַשׁ (pāraš), meaning one who is separated for a life of purity.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐕢𐔰𐕙𐔼𐕚𐔰 (parisa) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Arabic: فَرِّيسِيّ (farrīsiyy) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܪܝܼܫܵܐ (prīšā) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Aramaic: ܦܪܝܫܐ — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Armenian: փարիսեցի (pʻarisecʻi) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Bulgarian: фарисей (farisej) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Catalan: fariseu — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Cherokee: ᎠᏆᎵᏏ (aqualisi) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Cherokee: ᎠᏉᎵᏏ (aquolisi) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Chinese Cantonese: 法利賽人 /法利赛人 (faat3 lei6 coi1 jan4) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Chinese Cantonese: 法利塞人 (faat3 lei6 coi3 jan4) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Chinese Mandarin: 法利賽人 /法利赛人 (Fǎlìsàirén) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Chinese Mandarin: 法利塞人 (Fǎlìsàirén) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Danish: farisæer — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Dutch: farizeeër — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Esperanto: fariseo — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Faroese: fariseari — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Finnish: fariseus — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• French: pharisien — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• German: Pharisäer — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• German: Pharisäerin — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 (fareisaius) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Greek: Φαρισαίος (Farisaíos) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Ancient Greek: Φαρισαῖος (Pharisaîos) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Greenlandic: farisiiari — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Haitian Creole: farizyen — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Hebrew: פָּרוּשׁ (parúsh) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Hindi: फ़रीसी (farīsī) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Hungarian: farizeus — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Icelandic: farísei — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Indonesian: farisi — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Irish: Fairisíneach — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Italian: fariseo — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Japanese: パリサイ人 (parisai-bito) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Japanese: ファリサイ派 (farisai-ha) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Kazakh: парызшыл (paryzşyl) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Latin: Pharī̆saeus — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Lithuanian: fariziẽjus — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Luhya: omfarisayo — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Macedonian: фарисеј (farisej) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Malay: Farisi — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Māori: Parihī — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Plautdietsch: Farisäa — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Polish: faryzeusz — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Portuguese: fariseu — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Romanian: fariseu — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Russian: фарисе́й (fariséj) — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Spanish: fariseo — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Swahili: farisayo — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Swedish: farisé — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Tagalog: Pariseo — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Volapük: farisetan — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Volapük: hifarisetan — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Volapük: jifarisetan — member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc
• Armenian: փարիսեցի (pʻarisecʻi) — person who values form over content
• Finnish: fariseus — person who values form over content
• Finnish: farisealainen — person who values form over content
• Greek: Φαρισαίος (Farisaíos) — person who values form over content
• Polish: faryzeusz — person who values form over content
• Portuguese: fariseu — person who values form over content
• Romanian: fariseu — person who values form over content
• Russian: фарисе́й (fariséj) — person who values form over content