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goy¹
- /ɡɔɪ/
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish גוי (goy, “gentile”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew גּוֹי (goi, “nation”).
The term goy does not technically refer to non-Jews, but rather to a nation per se; the Jews are said to constitute a goy. But through common usage – namely referring to "the [other non-Jewish] nations" – the word came to colloquially refer to non-Jews.
noun goyim · goys · goyem · goyin · goi · Goi
- A non-Jew; a gentile. I don’t think that marriage is working, but I’m not going to be stupid about it and say she shouldn’t have married a goy.
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Synonym of shabbos goy (“a gentile thought to be subservient to Jewish people”)
Similar: shabbos goy · Opposite: kike
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A mindless consumer of low-quality entertainment and products ("goyslop"); a consoomer.
Near-synonym: NPC
Similar: NPC
Goy²
Where it comes from
Various origins:
* English habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in France called Gouy.
* Borrowed from Galician Goy, a habitational surname from a small village in the province of Lugo.
* Borrowed from French Goy, a metonymic occupational surname for a farmer, from Old French goi (“bill hook, kind of knife”).
* Borrowed from Hokkien 倪 (gê); compare Ni, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.
proper noun Goys
- A surname.
Goy³
noun Goyim
- Alternative letter-case form of goy
Translations
Talk about this word "goy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/goy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. goy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/goy "goy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/goy.Cite this
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title = {goy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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