shibboleth

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• /ˈʃɪbəlɛθ/
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Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew שִׁבֹּלֶת /שיבולת (šibbṓleṯ, “ear [of wheat] or stream, torrent”). Doublet of sebboleth and Middle English sebolech, both from Late Latin sebboleth in the Vulgate.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sjibbolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Belarusian: шыбалет (šybaljet) — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Catalan: xibòlet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Chinese Mandarin: 示播列 (shìbōliè) — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Chinese Mandarin: 特有用語 /特有用语 (tèyǒu yòngyǔ) — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Czech: šibolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Danish: shibbolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Dutch: sjibbolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Dutch: wachtwoord — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Dutch: herkenningswoord — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Esperanto: ŝiboleto — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Finnish: šibbolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• French: schibboleth — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• French: shibboleth — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• West-Frisian: sjibbolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Galician: contrasinal — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• German: Schibboleth — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• German: Erkennungszeichen — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• German: Unterscheidungszeichen — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• German: Chiffre — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• German: Kennwort — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• German: Schlüsselwort — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Icelandic: sjibbólet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Korean: 십볼렛 (sipbollet) — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Latin: sebbōleth — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Latin: scibbōleth — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Latin: scibōleth — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Latvian: šibolets — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Limburgish: sjibbolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjibbolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Polish: szybolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Portuguese: xibolete — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Romanian: șibolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Russian: шибболе́т (šibbolét) — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Russian: та́йный паро́ль (tájnyj parólʹ) — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Spanish: santo y seña — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Spanish: contraseña — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Spanish: shíbolez — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Swedish: schibbolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Ukrainian: шібболе́т (šibbolét) — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Vietnamese: síp-bô-lét — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Volapük: jibolet — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Welsh: siboleth — a word, pronunciation, or custom, distinguishing members of a group, especially as a test
• Dutch: visie — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Dutch: cliché — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Dutch: woord — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Dutch: slagzin — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Dutch: slogan — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Finnish: iskulause — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Finnish: uskomus — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• French: schibboleth — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• French: shibboleth — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Galician: clixé — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• German: abgedroschene Ansicht — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• German: Klischee — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• German: veraltete Konvention — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• German: Plattitüde — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• German: Parole — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• German: Schlagwort — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• German: Slogan — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Irish: teagasc seanchaite — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Russian: шибболе́т (šibbolét) — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Russian: клише́ (klišé) — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth
• Spanish: doctrina anticuada — a common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth