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Jew

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
d͡ʒuː

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. An adherent of Judaism.
  3. The jewfish.
  4. A member or descendant of the Jewish people.
  5. Alternative letter-case form of Jew (“a Jewish person”).
    alt-of, offensive
  6. A miserly or greedy person; a cheapskate.
  7. A ship's tailor.

Equivalents

FrançaisjuifJuive
DeutschJudeJüdin
63 more languages
Azərbaycan diliyəhudi
Беларускаягабрэ́йжыдяўрэй
Българскиевреиневрейка
বাংলাইহুদি
Catalàjueujueva
Eestijuut
GaeilgeGiúdach
GàidhligIùdhach
Magyarzsidó
Հայերենհրեա
Bahasa IndonesiaYahudi
Íslenskagyðingur
Italianoebreaebreogiudeagiudeo
ქართულიებრაელი
Қазақ тіліяһуди
ភាសាខ្មែរជ្វីសជ្វីហ្វ
Кыргызчажөөтжуу
Latinaiudaeus
LëtzebuergeschJudd
Lietuviųžydas
МакедонскиЕврејка
മലയാളംജൂതൻ
Bahasa MelayuYahudi
MaltiLhudi
မြန်မာဂျူး
Nederlandsjodinjood
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਯਹੂਦੀ
Slovenčinažid
Slovenščinazid
Shqipçifut
తెలుగుయూదు
Тоҷикӣяҳудӣ
ไทยยิว
TagalogHudyo
ئۇيغۇرچەيەھۇدى
O'zbekchayahudiy

Examples

Both Jews and Muslims refrain from eating pork.”
Many Jews eat bagels.”
Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means, warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer as a Christian is?”
The wrongs of a Jew are not lightly forgotten, for the race can both love and hate.”
“A young Australian Jew engaged on the trip of a lifetime finally arrives in the homeland of his people.”
The local gazetteers of Xiangfu district, Kaifeng prefecture, and Henan provincemention a surprisingly large number of Kaifeng Jews and their successes in Chinese society with dates.”
There are Jews who consider themselves White and Jews who are people of color.”
The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.”
““Jesus, Williams, you're such a Jew,” Jimmy said in an annoyed, high-pitched tone. “Have you ever just paid a check, or do you always make an ass of yourself?””
The creeks gave us lots of food, tooyellow belly and jew, perch and eel.”
“It is jews behind the campaign to destroy it, admits WND house jew. Just as we WN have said all along.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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