jealousy

English

Etymology

Old French jalousie, see jealous, -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒɛləsi/

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Noun

jealousy (countable and uncountable; plural jealousies)

1. (uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
2. (countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
   • 1907, Charles J. Archard The Portland Peerage Romance

     Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer

3. Envy towards another's possessions
   • 1891, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, translated by R. W. Phipps, Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte

     …the jealousy of his foes of each other's share in the booty…

4. (archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:

     And therefore by my wyll I wolde have dryvyn hym away for jelosy that I had of hys lyff [...].

Synonyms

• jealousness

Antonyms

• compersion

Related terms

• jealous a
• jealously adv
• jalousie
• zealous

Translations

jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity)

• Albanian: xhelozi (sq) f
• Arabic: غيرة (ar) (gháyra) f
• Armenian: խանդ (hy) (xand) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嫉妒 (cmn) (jídù), 妒忌 (cmn) (dùjì), 醋勁 (cmn), 醋劲 (cmn) (cùjìn), 醋 (cmn) (cù), 醋意 (cmn) (cùyì)

• Czech: žárlivost (cs) f
• Dutch: jaloezie (nl), jaloersheid (nl) f, afgunst (nl) f, naijver (nl), ijverzucht (nl)
• Esperanto: ĵaluzo (eo)
• Finnish: mustasukkaisuus (fi)
• French: jalousie (fr) f
• German: Eifersucht (de) f, Missgunst (de) f

• Greek: ζήλια (el) (zília) f 
• Japanese: 嫉妬 (ja) (しっと, shitto), しっと (ja) (shitto), ジェラシー (ja) (jerashī)
• Khmer: ប្រច័ណ្ឌ (km) (prɑcan), សេចក្តីប្រច័ណ្ឌ (km) (sackdǝy prɑcan)
• Polish: zazdrość f
• Portuguese: ciúme (pt), ciúmes (pt)
• Romanian: gelozie (ro) f
• Russian: ревность (ru) (révnost’) 
• Scottish Gaelic: eud (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: zavist (sh) f, ljubomora (sh) f
• Spanish: celo (es) m, celos (es) m pl
• Telugu: అసూయ (te) (asūya), ఈర్ష్య (te) (īrṣya)
• Turkish: kıskançlık (tr)

a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold

• Albanian: xhelozi (sq) f
• Armenian: նախանձ (hy) (naxanj) 
• Finnish: kateus (fi)

• Greek: ζήλια (el) (zília) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: eud (gd) m

close, zealous vigilance, envy

• Arabic: حسد (ar) (Hásad) m, غبط (ar) (ghabT) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 妒忌 (cmn) (dùjì), 羡慕 (cmn) (xiànmù)

• Dutch: jaloersheid (nl) f, naijver (nl)
• French: jalousie (fr) f, envie (fr) f
• German: Neid (de) m, Missgunst (de) f
• Greek: ζήλια (el) (zília) f 
• Irish: formad (ga) m

  Old Irish: format n

• Japanese: 妬み (ja) (ねたみ, netami)
• Portuguese: inveja (pt)
• Russian: ревность (ru) (révnost’) , зависть (ru) (závist’) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: eud (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: zavist (sh) f, ljubomora (sh) f
• Spanish: envidia (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: gelosia (it) f
• Slovene: ljubosumje (sl) n (1)

• Swahili: wivu (sw), wizu (sw)
• Tamil எரச்சல் (ta) (ericcal)

External links

• Jealousy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jealousy in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.