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Talmudic

adj · 4 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /tælˈmʊdɪk/
  • General-American: /tælˈmʊdɪk/
  • General-American: /tɑl-/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the Talmud.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Judaism, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Talmudical

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the era of Jewish history, immediately following the destruction of the Second Temple, during which the Talmud was being compiled (c. 70–500 AD).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • the Talmudic period
  • post-Talmudic writers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Making extremely fine distinctions in a manner reminiscent of the Talmud; (derogatory) casuistic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pilpulic, pilpulistic, Jesuitic, jesuitical

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of Talmudic

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Talmud Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Talmudic From Talmud + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: talmudik — related to the Talmud
  • Arabic: تَلْمُودِي (talmūdī) — related to the Talmud
  • Bengali: তলমূদী (tôlmūdī) — related to the Talmud
  • Catalan: talmúdic — related to the Talmud
  • Czech: talmudský — related to the Talmud
  • Czech: talmudický — related to the Talmud
  • French: talmudique — related to the Talmud
  • German: talmudisch — related to the Talmud
  • Hebrew: תַּלְמוּדִי (talmudí) — related to the Talmud
  • Hindi: तलमूदी (talmūdī) — related to the Talmud
  • Ladino: talmudiko — related to the Talmud
  • Persian: تلمودی — related to the Talmud
  • Polish: talmudyczny — related to the Talmud
  • Portuguese: talmúdico — related to the Talmud
  • Romanian: talmudic — related to the Talmud
  • Russian: талмуди́ческий (talmudíčeskij) — related to the Talmud
  • Spanish: talmúdico — related to the Talmud
  • Swedish: talmudisk — related to the Talmud
  • Yiddish: תּלמודיש (talmudish) — related to the Talmud