juif

See also: Juif

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French juif, backformation from Old French juive, juiue, feminine of juiu, from Latin iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יְהוּדִי (y'hudí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɥif/

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Adjective

juif (feminine juive, masculine plural juifs, feminine plural juives)

1. Jewish
2. (offensive) stingy, avaricious

Noun

juif m (plural juifs, feminine juive)

1. Jew (follower of Judaism)

Usage notes

The capitalized form Juif refers to Jews as an ethnicity; the lower-case form juif refers to Jews as followers of a religion.

See also

• Juif
• judaïsme (“Judaism”)
• petit juif m (“funny bone”, literally “small Jew”)

Further reading

• “juif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.