see|jew
English
wikipedia|Jew
Etymology
See the article w:Jew (word)|Jew (word) in Wikipedia (an etymology of the word Jew).
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�|-u�
Noun
en-noun
- An adherent of Judaism.
- A person who claims a cultural or ancestral connection to the Jewish people (see secular Jew).
Usage notes
The Jewish community overall has a common religion, culture, identity, and ethnicity, but individual Jews do not necessarily share all of these; therefore, a person might be a Jew by one standpoint but not by another.
Additionally, there are some religious groups that identify themselves as part of Judaism, but that other Jewish groups might not; hence, use of the term Jew often depends on the speaker's opinions.
The noun Jew is not offensive, and the overwhelming majority English-speaking Jews use the noun Jew to identify themselves.
That said, it has become offensive for historical reasons to use the word Jew attributively, in modifying another noun (as in "Jew lawyer"); the adjective Jewish is preferred for this purpose.
Additionally, the derived verbs jew and jew down are considered offensive, as they reflect stereotypes considered offensive.
Synonyms
Jewess (female � archaic)
Hebrew dated
Israelite dated
kike derogatory
Moses (dated, derogatory)
yid (derogatory)
Translations
trans-top|person of the Jewish faith
Arabic: Arab|���د�|�����د��� (yahūdiyy)
Bosnian: jevrej#Bosnian|jevrej, žid#Bosnian|žid m jevrejka#Bosnian|jevrejka, židovka#Bosnian|židovka f
Bulgarian: ев�еин (evrein) m, ев�ейка (evreyka) f
Catalan: jueu m, jueva f
Chinese: �太人, �太人
Czech: t-|cs|žid|m
Danish: jøde c
Dutch: jood m & f
Estonian: t-|et|juut
Ewe: Yudat�
Faroese: jødi m, gýðingur m
Finnish: t+|fi|juutalainen
French: t+|fr|juif|m, t-|fr|juive|f
Frisian: joad m, joadinne f
German: t+|de|Jude|m, t+|de|Jüdin|f
Greek: t+|el|�β�αίο�|m|trevréos|scGrek
Hebrew: ����� (Yehudi) m, ������ (Yehudiah) f, ������ (Yehudim) m|p, ������ת (Yehudiot) f|p
Hindi: यह�द� (yahūdī)
Hungarian: t+|hu|zsidó
Italian: t+|it|ebreo|m, t+|it|ebrea|f
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Latin: Iudaeus m, Iudaea f
Japanese: ���人 (�����, Yudaya-jin)
Korean: ì� í��ì�¸ (yude-in)
Kurdish: KUchar|ج����ک��
Latvian: ebrejs m, žīds m
Malay: t-|ms|Yahudi|xs=Malay
Persian: fa-Arab|���د� (yahudi)
Polish: t|pl|żyd|m, t|pl|żydówka|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|judeu|m, t+|pt|judia|f
Russian: и�дей (iudéj) m, и�дейка f
Romanian: evreu m, evreic� f
Serbian:
Slovak: žid m, židovka f
Slovene: žid m, židinja f, jud m, judinja f
Spanish: t+|es|judÃo|m, t-|es|judÃa|f
Swedish: t+|sv|jude|c
Telugu: య�ద� (yUdu)
Urdu: ur-Arab|���د� (yahūdī)
Yiddish: ��ִ� (Yid) m
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trans-top|a person with a Jewish cultural or ancestral connection
Dutch: Joods m & f
Ewe: Yudat�
Kurdish: KUchar|ج����ک��
Lower Sorbian: Žyd m
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Polish: t|pl|Żyd|m, t|pl|Żydówka|f
Russian: ев�ей (jevréj) m, ев�ейка (jevréjka) f, жид m
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Derived terms
Wandering Jew
Verb
en-verb
- offensive alternative spelling of|jew
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