Jewish en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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Following the religion of Judaism.
Kaplan-Miller said she first joined the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith organization that was founded by a Muslim and a Jewish woman in suburban New Jersey, shortly after the 2016 election.
2023 November 22, Brammhi Balarajan, “US interfaith communities draw on decades-long bonds to navigate Israel-Hamas War”, in CNN:There are many Jewish people in France.
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Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.
I tried some traditional Jewish food yesterday.
The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity.
2009, Irene Silverblatt, “Foreword”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew D. O'hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page xi:As per the old Jewish joke “ask two Jews, get three opinions”, there’s room on this seven-strong bill (plus [Hannah] Gadsby) for at least that many different perspectives on gender – including some impish scepticism from Canadian comic DeAnne Smith, who complains about “getting they/them’d against my will since 2005”.
2023 October 13, Brian Logan, “‘We’re all learning’: why Netflix needs Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda”, in The Guardian:
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(dated, derogatory, offensive) Greedy, miserly.
"Vanity!" ſays ſhe, haughtily, "What is vanity in you, ſir, is propriety in me. You aſk a Jewiſh price for it, Mr. Graves; but have it I will, if only to ſpite Mr. Eſmond."
1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. […] , volume III, London: […] Smith, Elder, & Company, […], →OCLC, page 155:
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Yiddish.
The roots of American Jewry are not in the Middle East but in Europe—their Jewish style, their strong Jewish words, their strong nostalgia, their actual, weighable history, all this issues from their European origins. Grandpa did not hail from Haifa—he was a Jewish humanist, a spiritual, believing Jew, who complained not in an antique tongue called Hebrew but in colorful, rich, vernacular Yiddish.
1993, Philip Roth, Operation Shylock, page 47:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewishest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| most Jewish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more Jewish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| juish | alternative, derogatory, humorous | lexicographic | |
| Jewisher | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| Juish | alternative, derogatory, humorous | lexicographic | |
| Jooish | alternative, derogatory, humorous | lexicographic |
Antonyms
gentile · non-Jewish · un-Jewish · goyish · goyish · gentile · un-Jewish · non-Jewish
Coordinates
Deriveds
Jewish Question · Jewish penicillin · crypto-Jewish · Jewish Science · Jewish Literary Aramaic · Jewishish · Jewish Standard Time · Jewish Autonomous Region · Jewish Babylonian Aramaic · Jewish calendar · is the Pope Jewish · Jewish tax · Jewish typewriter · non-Jewish · Jewish Zionism · anti-Jewish · Jewish hereness · Orthodox Jewish · Jewish Alps · Jewish badge · Jewish occupation government · Jewishy · Jewish overdrive · Jewish Palestinian Aramaic · Jewish colony · Jewishness · quasi-Jewish · unjewish · Jewish nose · semi-Jewish · pseudo-Jewish · Jewish piano · Jewish flag · Jewish Bible · Jewish English · Bluish · Jewish lightning · Jewish Autonomous Oblast · Jewishly · pro-Jewish · Jewish rye bread · Jewish state · Jewish champagne · Blewish · un-Jewish · Jewish Bolshevism
Hypernyms
Synonyms
Israelite · heebish · Yiddish · Jew · kikeish · Judaic · kikey · Jewy
Translations (110)
got 𐌾𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · lad djudio (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · fr juif (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · it ebreo (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ka ებრაული (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · mk еврејски (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sq çifut (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · uz yahudiy (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · my ဂျူး (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ms Yahudi (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · he יְהוּדִי (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sq hebré (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · pl żydowski (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · yi ייִדיש (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · hy հրեական (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · tk ýewreý (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ky жуу (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ky еврей (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · fi juutalainen (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · rsk єврейски (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · be жыдо́ўскі (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · mn еврей (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · tg яҳудӣ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · lt žydiškas (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sw Kiyahudi (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sv judisk (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ro evreiesc (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sl judovski (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sl židovski (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ja ユダヤの (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · mn жүүд (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · gl xudaico (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · et juudi (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · lv ebreju (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · uk іуде́йський (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ba йәһүд (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · de jüdisch (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · la iūdaeus (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · hu zsidó (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sh žìdovskī (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ko 유대인의 (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · az yəhudi (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · be яўрэ́йскі (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · uk юде́йський (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · it giudeo (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · lo ຢີວ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · th ยิว (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · be габрэ́йскі (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ru жидо́вский (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · el ιουδαϊκός (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ps يهودي (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ast xudíu (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · gl xudeu (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · mt Lhudi (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · cmn 猶太的 /犹太的 (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · cu июдѣискъ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · kk еврей (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · cu жидовьскъ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sk židovský (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · cs židovský (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · tk ýahudiý (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · id Yahudi (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · lt žydų (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ar يَهُودِيّ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ug يەھۇدى (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · pa ਯਹੂਦੀ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · kmr yehûdî (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · da jødisk (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · cy Iddewig (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · tg яҳудиёнӣ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · kmr cihû (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · uk жиді́вський (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ja ユダヤ人の (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sh jèvrejskī (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sh јѐврејскӣ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · tr Yahudi (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · tr Musevi (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · br yuzev (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ru иуде́йский (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · pa یَہُودی (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · tt яһүд (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · fa-ira یَهودی (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · uk євре́йський (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · sh жѝдовскӣ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · es judío (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · fa-cls یَهُودِی (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ca jueu (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · hi यहूदी (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · nb jødisk (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · bn ইহুদি (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ur یَہُودی (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · is gyðingaættar (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · nl joodse (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · vo yudanik (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · bg евре́йски (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · grc Ἰουδαῖος (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · pt judaico (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ky жөөт (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · gd Iùdhach (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · rsk жидовски (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · se juvddálaš (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ru евре́йский (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · km ជ្វីស (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ko 히브리의 (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ga Giúdach (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · pt judeu (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · vi Do thái (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · nn jødisk (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · ang Iūdēisċ (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture) · eo juda (of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture)