Jewish

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: jo͞oʹ-ĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/ Rhymes: -uːɪʃ === Adjective === Jewish (comparative Jewisher or more Jewish, superlative Jewishest or most Jewish) Following the religion of Judaism. [1540s] Synonym: Judaic Antonyms: gentile, goyish, non-Jewish, un-Jewish Hypernym: Abrahamic Hyponyms: crypto-Jewish, Orthodox Jewish Coordinate term: Samaritan Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures. Synonyms: heebish (offensive), Israelite, Jew (rude), Jewy (informal), kikeish (offensive), kikey (offensive), Yiddish (informal) Antonyms: gentile, goyish, non-Jewish, un-Jewish Hypernyms: Hebraic, Hebrew Hyponyms: Ashkenazi, Ashkenazic, Blewish, Jew-ish, Jewishish, Jewishy, Mizrahi, Sephardi, Sephardic Coordinate term: Samaritan (derogatory, offensive, dated) Greedy, miserly. [c. 1600] Yiddish. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) ==== Alternative forms ==== Jooish, Juish, juish (humorous or derogatory) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Jewish (plural Jewishes) (non-native speakers' English, proscribed) A Jew. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jewish. === Proper noun === Jewish (informal, proscribed) The Hebrew language. quoted in 1947, William Lloyd Warner, Leo Srole, The Social Systems of American Ethnic Groups (page 232) I can't speak Jewish; I can't even understand it. (informal, proscribed) The Yiddish language. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Israeli Evrite, Ivrite === References === “Jewish, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.