Jersey

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Gersey, from Anglo-Norman Gersui, further etymology disputed. Probably from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) +‎ ey (“island”). Also occasionally and historically connected to Latin Caesarea, a common name given to locations conquered by the Romans in honor of Caesar (compare French Césarée). The latter theory still bestows the Latin translation of the island. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝzi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛrze/, /ˈd͡ʒɛrzɪ/, /ˈd͡ʒɛrzi/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒøːzi/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒeːzi/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛːzi/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi Hyphenation: jer‧sey === Proper noun === Jersey An island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England. Holonyms: Channel Islands < Earth, World Comeronyms: Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Jethou (US, informal, especially following north or south) New Jersey. Holonyms: United States of America < Earth, World A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey. An English earldom. A town in Georgia, United States. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Jèrriais ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Jersey (plural Jerseys) A cow of the Jersey breed. Coordinate terms: Guernsey, Alderney, Frisian, Holstein === Further reading === Jersey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Jersey cattle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia New Jersey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Proper noun === Jersey m Jersey == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Jersey. === Proper noun === Jersey (genitive Jerseys) Jersey (island) == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.zɛ/ === Proper noun === Jersey f Jersey (island) ==== Related terms ==== Jersiais, jersiais == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛr.si/ Rhymes: -ɛrsi === Proper noun === Jersey m Jersey (island) the letter J in the Italian spelling alphabet Synonym: Jesolo ==== Related terms ==== New Jersey === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Proper noun === Jersey Jersey (island in the Channel Islands) ==== Related terms ==== Kanaløyene == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Jersey Jersey (island in the Channel Islands) ==== Related terms ==== Kanaløyane == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Jersey f Jersey (an island and dependency of the United Kingdom in the English Channel) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɾsi === Proper noun === Jersey f Jersey ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Jersey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025