Jewish
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2.6
- adjective
- /ˈdʒuːɪʃ/
:
judío
- It was a very observant Jewish family.
- Jewish people
- the Jewish community
- Jewish history
Few days later they bring me a Jewish guy from Israel.
- Few days later they bring me a Jewish guy from Israel.
- That's just a nod to the Jewish culture of the day.
- That only leaves one other Jewish sect, which was the Essenes.
- Told my employer that I was Jewish, I'm not Jewish.
- It's vilifying the world's only Jewish country, Israel.
- And you have an enormous Jewish community there, among others.
- Saul, oh, he was Jewish, turned to Paul.
- You know, that's, that's what Ezekiel, a Jewish prophet, describes.
- All Jewish, all Jewish, All my high school.
- Birthing in you a joy for the Jewish motherland, right.
Examples
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That's just a nod to the Jewish culture of the day.
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Our speakers today come from Jewish and Muslim traditions.
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That name is in her honor, my Jewish mother, anyway.
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But the association between Jewish people and money stuck.
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I think it's great that the Jewish people have a state.
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As for me, I love and stand with my Jewish brothers and sisters.
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How did you know I was Jewish?
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The Sonauers had been the leading family in the Jewish life of this town for generations.
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Here we look at the Jewish rituals of the Sabbath.
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Nathan notes that France is home to the third largest Jewish community in the world.
Synonyms
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7.7
Relating to Jewish people, their culture, and their religion
Relating to Jewish people, their culture or religion
Relating to Jewish beliefs, practices, or culture
About Jewish religion and its practices
Compounds
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5.3
A solemn Jewish festival that marks the start of the year with prayers and the blowing of a horn
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6.7
A calendar used by Jewish people with months based on the moon and extra months to keep seasons the same
- Informal
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4.9
A warm chicken soup people drink to feel better when they have a cold or minor illness
- Slur
A false idea that links Jewish people with Bolshevik communism and harms Jews
How Jewish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jewish comes from Jew plus the English ending -ish, which means 'related to', as in English. The name Jew goes back to the place Judea and the Hebrew word Yehudi meaning 'from Judah', so Jewish means 'relating to Jews, their religion, or their culture'.