Jew

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1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.1.1 Usage Note 1.1.2 Synonyms 1.1.3 Related terms 1.1.4 Translations 1.2 See also

English

Proper noun

Jew (plural Jews)

1. An adherent of Judaism.
2. A person born of a Jewish mother who has not professed a different religious belief system;
3. A person with a Jewish mother or father, or who has grown up in a Jewish household.
4. A person of Jewish ethnicity (See secular Jew).

Usage Note

The question of "who is a Jew" is the subject of much discussion in the Jewish community. Which definition is appropriate is highly dependent on context.

Synonyms

• Jewess (female)
• kike (derogatory)

Related terms

• Chassidic Jew or Hasidic Jew
• Jew by choice
• Jewess
• Jewish
• jewry
• Judaic
• Judaica
• Judaism
• Judea
• Orthodox Jew
• secular Jew
• Yiddish

Translations

person of the Jewish faith

Catalan: jueu m, jueva f Chinese: 猶太人, 犹太人 Dutch: jood m, jodin f Finnish: juutalainen French: juif m, juive f Frisian: joad m, joadinne f German: Jude m, Jüdin f Greek: Εβραίος m

Hebrew: יהודי m, יהודים f Italian: ebreo m, ebrea f Japanese: ユダヤ人 (ユダヤじん, yudaya-jin) Korean: 유태인 Latvian: ebrejs m, žīds m Malay: Yahudi Polish: żyd m, żydówka f Russian: еврей m (evrey) Slovak: žid m, židovka f Spanish: judío m, judía f Swedish: jude

See also

• Hebrew
• Israeli
• Israelite