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Jewish
- /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/
Rhymes with -uːɪʃ
Where it comes from
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 the piecewise doublet Yiddish.
adjective Jewisher · more Jewish · Jewishest · most Jewish · Jooish · Juish
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Following the religion of Judaism.
There are many Jewish people in France.
Similar: Judaic · Opposite: gentile, goyish, non-Jewish, un-Jewish
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Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.
I tried some traditional Jewish food yesterday.
Similar: heebish, Israelite, Jew, Jewy, kikeish, kikey, Yiddish · Opposite: gentile, goyish, non-Jewish, un-Jewish
- 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."
- 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 J
noun Jewishes
- A Jew. The Statue of Liberty. A French gift with a poem made by a Jewish.
proper noun
- The Hebrew language. I can't speak Jewish; I can't even understand it.
- The Yiddish language. We believe that although he speaks Jewish, he speaks Russian quite badly and pretentiously.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: judaic, hebraic, hebrew, israelite, mosaic, zionist, yiddish, ashkenazic, sephardic, rabbinic, talmudic, synagogal, semitic, shemitic, jewry, israelitic
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adj of or relating to a Jew or Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture
| Español | judío |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유대인의 yudaein-ui, 히브리의 hibeuri-ui |
| 日本語 | ユダヤの yudaya no, ユダヤ人の yudayajin no |
| 中文 | 猶太的 /犹太的 yóutài de |
| हिन्दी | यहूदी yahūdī |
| Kiswahili | Kiyahudi |
| Português | judaico, judeu |
| Français | juif |
| Deutsch | jüdisch |
| Italiano | giudeo, ebreo |
| Ελληνικά | ιουδαϊκός ioudaïkós |
| Română | evreiesc |
| Русский | евре́йский jevréjskij, иуде́йский iudéjskij, жидо́вский židóvskij |
| Tiếng Việt | Do thái |
| العربية | يَهُودِيّ yahūdiyy |
| עברית | יְהוּדִי y'hudí |
name informal term for Yiddish — see also Yiddish
| Deutsch | Jüdisch |
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Talk about this word "Jewish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jewish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Jewish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jewish "Jewish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jewish.Cite this
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title = {Jewish},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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