How do you pronounce jewish?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/.

jewish

/ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.61 in modern English

Syllables: jew-ish
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒuː.ɪʃ/

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Meaning

adj

Following the religion of Judaism.

adj

Of or relating to Jews, their ethnicities or cultures.

adj

Greedy, miserly.

Dated; Derogatory; Offensive

adj

Yiddish.

noun

A Jew.

name

The Hebrew language.

Informal

name

The Yiddish language.

Informal

Example Sentences

"There are many Jewish people in France."
"Kaplan-Miller said she first joined the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, an interfaith organization that was founded by a Muslim and a Jewish woman in suburban New Jersey, shortly after the 2016 election."
"I tried some traditional Jewish food yesterday."
"The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity."
"As per the old Jewish joke “ask two Jews, get three opinions”, there’s room on this seven-strong bill (plus [Hannah] Gadsby) for at least that many different perspectives on gender – including some impish scepticism from Canadian comic DeAnne Smith, who complains about “getting they/them’d against my will since 2005”."
""Vanity!" ſays ſhe, haughtily, "What is vanity in you, ſir, is propriety in me. You aſk a Jewiſh price for it, Mr. Graves; but have it I will, if only to ſpite Mr. Eſmond.""

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Jewisher (comparative) more Jewish (comparative) Jewishest (superlative) most Jewish (superlative) Jooish (alternative, derogatory) Juish (alternative, derogatory) Jewishes (plural)

Derived Forms

Blewish Bluish Jewishish Jewishly Jewishness Jewishy unjewish

Phrases

anti-Jewish crypto-Jewish is the Pope Jewish Jewish Alps Jewish Autonomous Oblast Jewish Autonomous Region Jewish Babylonian Aramaic Jewish badge

Frequently Paired Words

Samaritan Israeli Evrite Ivrite

Synonyms

Judaic heebish Israelite Jew Jewy kikeish kikey Yiddish

Antonyms

gentile goyish non-Jewish un-Jewish

Rhymes With

bluish newish blueish huish