jersey

== English == === Etymology === From a typical fisherman's sweater used on the island of Jersey. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/ (General American) 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 === Noun === jersey (countable and uncountable, plural jerseys) (countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body. Synonyms: jumper, pullover, sweater (countable, US) A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype. Synonyms: (Australian) guernsey, (UK) shirt (uncountable) A type of fabric knit. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: jersei → French: jersey → Galician: xersei → Portuguese: jérsei → Spanish: jersey → Ukrainian: джерсі́ (džersí) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Jersey (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Finnish == === Etymology === From English Jersey. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʒøːzi/ (in imitation of original pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjersey̯/, [ˈje̞rs̠e̞y̯] (Finnicized pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjersei̯/, [ˈje̞rs̠e̞i̯] (Finnicized pronunciation) === Noun === jersey jersey (type of fabric knit) Synonym: jerseyneulos ==== Usage notes ==== Many of the inflected forms are somewhat awkward to use, but corresponding forms of the synonymous jerseyneulos can be substituted for them. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “jersey”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.zɛ/ === Noun === jersey m (plural jerseys) jersey === Further reading === “jersey”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === yérsey, yersi (Latin America) === Etymology === Borrowed from English jersey. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xeɾˈsei/ [xeɾˈsei̯] Rhymes: -ei Syllabification: jer‧sey === Noun === jersey m (plural jerséis) sweater, pullover Synonyms: suéter, chomba === 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