Jersey

See also: jersey

English

Jersey cattle (2)

Etymology

From Middle English Gersey, from Anglo-Norman Gersui, further etymology disputed. Probably from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) +‎ ey (“island”). Also occasionally and historically connected to Latin Caesarea, a common name given to locations conquered by the Romans in honor of Caesar (compare French Césarée). The latter theory still bestows the Latin translation of the island.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝzi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi
• Hyphenation: Jer‧sey

Proper noun

Jersey

1. A dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.
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2. A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.
3. An English earldom.
4. (US, informal) New Jersey.
5. A town in Georgia, United States.

Derived terms

• Duroc-Jersey
• Jerseyan
• Jersey bump
• Jersey City
• Jersey club
• Jersey County
• Jersey elm
• Jersey girl
• Jerseyite
• Jersey knapweed (Centaurea paniculata)
• Jerseyman
• Jersey Marine
• Jersey Shore
• Jersey sound
• Jerseyville
• Joisey
• New Jersey

 

Related terms

• Jèrriais

Translations

island

• Arabic: جِيرْزِي (jīrzī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新澤西／新泽西 (zh) (Xīnzéxi)

• Cornish: Jersenys f
• Danish: Jersey
• Estonian: Jersey (et)
• French: Jersey (fr) f
• Georgian: ჯერზი (ǯerzi)
• Greek: Υερσέη n (Yerséi), Τζέρσεϊ n (Tzérseï), Ιερσέη n (Ierséi)
• Irish: Geirsí f
• Italian: Jersey (it) m
• Lao: ເຈີຊີ (chœ̄ sī)
• Macedonian: Џерси n (Džersi)
• Norman: Jèrri m
• Old French: Gersui
• Portuguese: Jersey (pt) f
• Russian: Дже́рси (ru) (Džérsi)
• Telugu: జెర్సీ (te) (jersī)
• Thai: เจอร์ซีย์
• Ukrainian: Дже́рсі m (Džérsi)
• Welsh: Jersey f

cattle

• Finnish: jerseyrotu
• French: vache jersaise f, vache de Jersey f
• Irish: geirseog f
• Italian: vacca di razza Jersey f, mucca di razza Jersey f
• Maori: kau tiehe
• Norman: vaque Jèrriaise f
• Portuguese: jérsei (pt) m
• Spanish: ganado de raza Jersey
• Telugu: జెర్సీ (te) (jersī)
• Ukrainian: джерсі́йська f (džersíjsʹka)

earldom

• Finnish: Jersey (fi)

New Jersey

• French: New Jersey
• Georgian: ნიუ-ჯერსი (niu-ǯersi)
• Irish: Nua-Gheirsí
• Lao: ນິວເຈີຊີ (niu chœ̄ sī)
• Macedonian: Њу Џерси (mk) n (Nju Džersi)
• Russian: Нью-Дже́рси (ru) (Nʹju-Džérsi)
• Thai: นิวเจอร์ซีย์ (niu-jəə-sîi)
• Ukrainian: Нью-Дже́рсі m (Nʹju-Džérsi)

Noun

Jersey (plural Jerseys)

1. A cow of the Jersey breed.

See also

• Alderney
• Guernsey
• Sark

Further reading

• Jersey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jersey cattle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Proper noun

Jersey m

1. Jersey

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jersey.

Proper noun

Jersey (genitive Jerseys)

1. Jersey (island)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁ.zɛ/

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Proper noun

Jersey f

1. Jersey (island)

Related terms

• Jersiais, jersiais

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛr.si/
• Rhymes: -ɛrsi

Proper noun

Jersey m

1. Jersey (island)
2. the letter J in the Italian spelling alphabet

   Synonym: Jesolo

Related terms

• New Jersey

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Jersey

1. Jersey (island in the Channel Islands)

Related terms

• Kanaløyene

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Jersey

1. Jersey (island in the Channel Islands)

Related terms

• Kanaløyane

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jersey f

1. Jersey (an island and dependency of the United Kingdom in the English Channel)

Spanish

Proper noun

Jersey f

1. Jersey

Derived terms

• Nueva Jersey

 

Further reading

• “Jersey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014