English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English Ebreu Old French Ebreu Latin hebraeus hebraicus Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος hebraios ), from Aramaic [script?] ('ibrāy ), from Hebrew עברי ivrí ), from Hebrew עבר ever ).
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] Hebrew (not comparable )
Of or pertaining to the Hebrew people or language.
Synonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
pertaining to the language
Icelandic: hebreskur (is)
Italian: ebraico (it)
Latin: hebraeus
Malay: bahasa Ibrani Ibrani
Norwegian: hebraisk (no)
Polish: hebrajski (pl) m
Portuguese: hebraico (pt)
Romanian: ebraic (ro)
Russian: еврейский (ru) m jevréjskij ), ( noun ) иврит (ru) m ivrít )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хебрејски јеврејски хибру ивритски
Roman: hebrejski jevrejski hibru ivritski
Slovak: hebrejský m
Spanish: hebreo (es)
Swedish: hebreisk hebreiskspråkig
Vietnamese: (thuộc ) tiếng Do Thái
Volapük: Hebreyapükik hebreyik (vo)
Yiddish: העברעיש (yi) (hebreish )
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 .
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
person
Arabic: عِبْرِيّ m ʕíbriy ), عبرية (ar) f ʕibríyya )
Armenian: եբրայեցի ebrayecʿi ), հրեա hrea )
Basque: hebrear
Catalan: hebreu (ca) m hebrea (ca) f
Dutch: Hebreeër m Hebreeërs Hebreeuwse Hebreïnne f Hebreeuwsen
Esperanto: hebreo
Estonian: heebrealane
Finnish: heprealainen (fi)
French: Hébreu (fr) m
German: Hebräer m Hebräerin f
Greek: Εβραίος (el) m Evraíos ), Εβραία (el) f Evraía )
Hebrew: עִבְרִי m ivrí ), עִבְרִים m pl ivrím ), עִבְרִיָּה f ivriyá ), עִבְרִיּוֹת f pl ivriyót )
Hungarian: héber (hu)
Indonesian: orang Ibrani
Interlingua: hebreo
Irish: ( ♂♀ ) Eabhrach
Italian: ebreo (it) m
Japanese: ヘブライ Heburai )
Korean: 유대인 (ko) (yudaein ), 히브리인 hibeuriin )
Latin: hebraeus
Malay: orang Ibrani Ibrani
Norwegian: hebraer m
Polish: Hebrajczyk m Hebrajka f
Portuguese: hebreu (pt) m hebraico (pt) m hebreia f hebraica f
Romanian: evreu (ro) m evreică (ro) f
Russian: еврей (ru) m jevréj )
Scottish Gaelic: ( ♂♀ ) Eabhrach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Хебреј m
Roman: Hebrej m
Slovak: Hebrej m Hebrejka f
Spanish: hebreo (es) m
Swedish: hebré
Vietnamese : người Do Thái Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) hebreyan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hihebreyan ( ♀ ) jihebreyan
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Proper noun [ edit ] Hebrew
The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
The writing system used in Hebrew language.
Translations [ edit ]
language
Irish: Eabhrais f
Italian: ebraico (it) m
Japanese: ヘブライ語 (ja) (Heburai-go )
Jèrriais: Hébreu m
Korean: 히브리어 (ko) (Hibeuri-eo )
Latin: hebraeus
Malay: bahasa Ibrani Ibrani
Navajo: Hííbwoo bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hebraisk (no) m
Nynorsk: hebraisk m
Polish: hebrajski (pl) m
Portuguese: hebraico (pt) m hebreu (pt) m
Romanian: limba ebraică f ebraică (ro) f
Russian: иврит (ru) m ivrít ), древнееврейский язык m drevnejevréjskij jazýk )
Scottish Gaelic: Eabhra f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хебрејски јеврејски хибру иврит m
Roman: hebrejski jevrejski hibru ivrit m
Sinhalese: හේබ්රෙව් භාෂාව hēbrav bhāṣāva )
Slovak: hebrejčina (sk) f
Spanish: hebreo (es) m
Swedish: hebreiska (sv) c
Thai: ภาษาฮิบรู paa-săa híp-roo )
Turkish: İbranice (tr)
Ukrainian: іврит (uk) m ivrýt )
Urdu: عبرانی m ibrānī )
Vietnamese: tiếng Hê-brơ (vi) , tiếng Do Thái (vi)
Volapük: Hebreyapük hebrey (vo)
Yiddish: לשון־קודש n loshn-koydesh )
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Hyponyms [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
“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 2.0 , Princeton University, 2003.
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