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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English Ebreu, from Old French Ebreu, from Latin hebraeus or Hebraic, from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (hebraios), from Aramaic ('ibrāy), from Hebrew עברי (ivrí), from Hebrew עבר (ever).
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Hebrew (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
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pertaining to the people
- Arabic: عبري (ʕíbri) m., عبرية (ʕibríyya) f.
- Armenian: հրեական (hy) (hreakan), եբրայական (hy) (ebrayakan)
- Basque: hebrear (eu)
- Bosnian: hebrejski (bs) m.
- Catalan: hebreu, m., hebrea,f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: simpl. 希伯来人
- Czech: hebrejský (cs) m.
- Dutch: Hebreeuws (nl)
- Esperanto: hebrea (eo)
- Estonian: heebrealane
- Finnish: heprealainen (fi)
- French: hébreu (fr) m., hébraïque (fr) m. and f.
- German: hebräisch (de)
- Greek: εβραϊκός (evraikós) m., εβραϊκή (evraikí) f., εβραϊκό (evraikó) n., εβραϊκοί (evraikí) m. pl., εβραϊκές (evraikés) f. pl., εβραϊκά (evraiká) n. pl.
- Hebrew: עברי (he) (ivrí) m., עברית (he) (ivrít) f.
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pertaining to the language
- Albanian: (sq)
- Arabic: عبري (ʕíbri) m., عبرية (ʕibríyyah) f., العبرية (al-ʕibríyyah) n.
- Basque: hebrear (eu)
- Bosnian: hebrejski m., jevrejski m., hibru m/f/n, ivritski m.
- Catalan: hebreu, m., hebrea,f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: simpl. 希伯来语
- Czech: hebrejský (cs) m.
- Danish: hebraisk (da), hebræisk (da), hebraiske (da) pl.
- Esperanto: hebrea (eo)
- Estonian: heebreakeelne
- Finnish: hepreankielinen (fi)
- French: hébreu (fr) m., hébraïque (fr) m. and f.
- German: hebräisch (de)
- Greek: εβραϊκός (Evraikós) m., εβραϊκή (Evraikí) f., εβραϊκό (evraikó) n., εβραϊκοί (evraikí) m. pl., εβραϊκές (Evraikés) f. pl., εβραϊκά (evraiká) n. pl.
- Greenlandic: Hebræerisut (kl)
- Hebrew: עברי (ivrí) m., עברית (ivrít) f.
- Hungarian: héber (hu)
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- Icelandic: hebreskur (is) m., hebresk (is) f., hebreskt (is) n., hebreskir (is) m. pl., hebreskar (is) f. pl., hebresk (is) n. pl.
- Italian: ebraico (it)
- Latin: hebraeus (la)
- Norwegian: hebraisk (no)
- Polish: hebrajski (pl) m.
- Portuguese: hebraica, hebraicas pl.
- Romanian: ebraic m., ebraica f.
- Russian: еврейский (ru) (jevréjskij) m., (noun) иврит (ru) (ivrít) m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: хебрејски m., јеврејски m., хибру m/f/n, ивритски m.
- Roman: hebrejski m., jevrejski m., hibru m/f/n, ivritski m.
- Slovak: hebrejský (sk) m.
- Spanish: hebreo (es) m.
- Swedish: hebreisk (sv), hebreiskspråkig (sv)
- Vietnamese: (thuộc) tiếng Do Thái
- Volapük: Hebreyapükik (vo), hebreyik (vo)
- Yiddish: העברעיש (hebreish)
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Hebrew (plural Hebrews)
- A member or descendant of a Semitic people claiming descent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- A descendant of the biblical Patriarch Eber.
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person
- Arabic: عِبْرِيّ (ʕíbriy) m., عبرية (ʕibríyya) f.
- Armenian: եբրայեցի (hy) (ebrayec’i), հրեա (hy) (hrea)
- Basque: hebrear (eu)
- Bosnian: Hebrej m.
- Catalan: hebreu, m., hebrea f.
- Dutch: Hebreeër (nl) m., Hebreeërs / Hebreeën pl., Hebreeuwse / Hebreïnne f., Hebreeuwsen / Hebreïnnen pl.
- Esperanto: hebreo (eo)
- Estonian: heebrealane
- Finnish: heprealainen (fi)
- French: Hébreu m. (Hébreux, m. pl.)
- German: Hebräer m. pl., Hebräerin f.
- Greek: Εβραίος (Evréos) m., Εβραία (Evréa) f., Εβραίοι (Evréi) m. pl., Εβραίες (Evrées) f. pl.
- Hebrew: עברי (he) (ivrí) m., עברים (he) (ivrím) / עבריים (he) (ivriyím) m. pl., עבריה (he) (ivriyá) f., עבריות (he) (ivriyót) f. pl.
- Hungarian: héber (hu)
- Interlingua: hebreo
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- Italian: ebreo (it) m.
- Japanese: ヘブライ (ja) (heburai)
- Korean: 유대인 (ko) (yudaein), 히브리인 (ko) (hibeuriin)
- Latin: hebraeus (la)
- Norwegian: hebraer (no) m.
- Polish: Hebrajczyk m., Hebrajka f.
- Portuguese: hebreu, hebraico m., hebreia, hebraica f.
- Romanian: evreu m., evreică f., evrei m. pl., evreice f. pl.
- Russian: еврей (ru) (jevréj) m.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: Хебреј m.
- Roman: Hebrej m.
- Slovak: Hebrej m., Hebrejka f.
- Spanish: hebreo (es)
- Swedish: hebré (sv)
- Vietnamese: người Do Thái
- Volapük: (male or female) hebreyan (vo), (male) hihebreyan (vo), (female) jihebreyan (vo)
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[edit] Proper noun
Hebrew
- The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
- The writing system used in Hebrew language.
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language
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- Irish: Eabhrais (ga) f.
- Italian: ebraico (it) m.
- Japanese: ヘブライ語 (ja) (Heburai-go)
- Korean: 히브리어 (ko) (Hibeuri-eo)
- Latin: hebraeus (la)
- Navajo: Hííbwoo bizaad
- Norwegian: hebraisk (no)
- Polish: hebrajski (pl) m.
- Portuguese: hebraico (pt) m., hebreu (pt) m.
- Romanian: limba ebraică (ro) f., ebraică (ro) f.
- Russian: иврит (ru) (ivrít) m., древнееврейский язык (ru) (drevnejevréjskij jazýk) m.
- Scottish Gaelic: Eabhra f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: хебрејски, јеврејски, хибру, иврит m.
- Roman: hebrejski, jevrejski, hibru, ivrit m.
- Sinhalese: හේබ්රෙව් භාෂාව (si) (hēbrev bhāṣāva)
- Slovak: hebrejčina (sk) f.
- Spanish: hebreo (es) m.
- Swedish: hebreiska (sv) c.
- Thai: ภาษาฮิบรู (th) (paa-săa híp-roo)
- Turkish: İbranice (tr)
- Ukrainian: іврит (uk) (ivrýt) m.
- Urdu: عبرانی (ur) (ibrānī) m.
- Vietnamese: tiếng Hê-brơ (vi), tiếng Do Thái (vi)
- Volapük: Hebreyapük (vo), hebrey (vo)
- Yiddish: לשון־קודש (yi) (loshn-koydesh) n.
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- “Hebrew” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “Hebrew” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "Hebrew" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
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