Definitions for Jewish
ˈdʒu ɪʃJewish

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Jewish, Judaic(adj)

   of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion

   "He is Jewish"; "a Jewish wedding"

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1. Jewish(a.)

   Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Judaism.

Wiktionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Jewish(Adjective)

   Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their religion or their culture.

2. Jewish(Adjective)

   Yiddish

3. Jewish(ProperNoun)

   The Yiddish language.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Jewish(adj)

   of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Jewish' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4132

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Jewish' in Adjectives Frequency: #557

How to pronounce Jewish?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Jewish in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Jewish in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Jewish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Jewish in a Sentence

1. Charlie Hebdo journalist Laurent Leger:

   The aim is to laugh, we want to laugh at the extremists -- every extremist. They can be Muslim, Jewish, Catholic. Everyone can be religious, but extremist thoughts and acts we cannot accept.

2. Jonathan Greenblatt:

   This adds to the 121 threats received since early January. It is time for action, and we call on the administration and Congress to take concrete steps to catch those threatening the Jewish community.

3. Oskar Schindler:

   The persecution of Jews in occupied Poland meant that we could see horror emerging gradually in many ways. In 1939, they were forced to wear Jewish stars, and people were herded and shut up into ghettos. Then, in the years '41 and '42 there was plenty of public evidence of pure sadism. With people behaving like pigs, I felt the Jews were being destroyed. I had to help them. There was no choice.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   I am very proud of being Jewish, and that is an essential part of who I am as a human being.

5. Cedric Richmond:

   I don't think Steve Scalise has a racist bone in his body, steve and I have worked on issues that benefit poor people, black people, white people, Jewish people. I know his character.

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