Israeli

See also: Israëli, Ísraeli, and israelí

English

Etymology

From Israel +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭz-rā'lē, IPA^(key): /ɪzˈɹeɪli/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪli

Noun

Israeli (plural Israelis)

1. A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.

Translations

person from Israel or of Israeli descent

• Afrikaans: Israeli
• Albanian: izraelit (sq) m, izraelite f
• Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلِيّ m (ʔisrāʔīliyy), إِسْرَائِيلِيَّة f (ʔisrāʔīliyya)
• Armenian: իսրաելցի (israelcʻi)
• Azerbaijani: israilli
• Belarusian: ізраільця́нін m (izrailʹcjánin), ізраільця́нка f (izrailʹcjánka)
• Bulgarian: израилтя́нин m (izrailtjánin), израилтя́нка f (izrailtjánka)
• Catalan: israelià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以色列人 (zh) (yǐsèlièrén)

• Czech: Izraelec (cs) m, Izraelka (cs) f
• Danish: israeler (da)
• Dutch: Israëli (nl), Israëliër (nl) m, Israëlische (nl) f
• Esperanto: israelano
• Estonian: iisraellane
• Faroese: ísraelsmaður m, ísraeli m
• Finnish: israelilainen (fi)
• French: Israélien (fr)
• Galician: israelí m, israelita (gl) m or f
• Georgian: ისრაელელი (israeleli), ებრაელი (ka) (ebraeli)
• German: Israeli (de) m
• Greek: Ισραηλινός (el) m or f (Israïlinós)
• Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (he) m (yisr'elí), יִשְׂרְאֵלִית f (yisr'elít)
• Hindi: इस्राइली (isrāilī), इसराईली (hi) m or f (isrāīlī)
• Hungarian: izraeli (hu)
• Icelandic: Ísraelsmaður m, Ísraeli m
• Irish: Iosraelach m
• Japanese: イスラエル人 (イスラエルじん, isuraerujin)
• Kazakh: исраилдік (israildık)
• Korean: 이스라엘인 (ko) (iseura'erin), 이스라엘 사람 (iseura'el saram)
• Kyrgyz: израилдик (izraildik)
• Latvian: izraēlietis m, izraēliete f
• Lithuanian: izraelietis (lt) m, izraelietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Израелец m (Izraelec), Израелка f (Izraelka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: israeler (no) m

  Nynorsk: israelar (nn) m

• Pashto: اسرایيلي m (esrāilí)
• Persian: اِسْرائیلی (fa) (esrâ'ili)
• Polish: Izraelczyk (pl) m, Izraelka (pl) f
• Portuguese: israelense (pt) m or f
• Romanian: israelian m, israeliană f
• Russian: израильтя́нин (ru) m (izrailʹtjánin), израильтя́нка (ru) f (izrailʹtjánka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Израе́лац m

  Roman: Izraélac (sh) m

• Slovak: Izraelčan (sk) m, Izraelčanka (sk) f
• Slovene: Izraelec (sl) m
• Spanish: israelí (es) m or f
• Swahili: Mwisraeli (sw)
• Swedish: israel (sv)
• Tajik: исроилӣ (isroyilī)
• Turkish: İsrailli (tr)
• Ukrainian: ізраїльтя́нин m (izrajilʹtjányn), ізраїльтя́нка f (izrajilʹtjánka)
• Urdu: اِسْرائیِلی m or f (isrāyilī)
• Uzbek: isroiliy, isroillik
• Yiddish: ישׂראלדיקער m (yisróeldiker), ישׂראלדיקע f (yisróeldike), ישׂראלי m (yisréeyli)

Adjective

Israeli (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people.

Derived terms

• Israeli Destruction Force
• Israeli Destruction Forces
• Israeli Diaper Forces
• Israeli Occupation Forces

 

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people

• Afrikaans: Israels, Israelies
• Albanian: izraelit (sq)
• Amharic: እስራኤላዊ (ʾəsraʾelawi)
• Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلِيّ m (ʔisrāʔīliyy)
• Armenian: իսրաելական (israelakan), իսրաելյան (israelyan)
• Azerbaijani: israil, israilli
• Belarusian: ізра́ільскі (izráilʹski)
• Bengali: ইসরাইলি (iśoraili)
• Bulgarian: израе́лски (izraélski)
• Burmese: အစ္စရေး (acca.re:)
• Catalan: israelià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以色列的 (zh) (Yǐsèliè de), 以- (zh) (Yǐ-)

• Czech: izraelský (cs)
• Danish: israelsk (da)
• Dutch: Israëlisch (nl)
• Esperanto: israela
• Estonian: iisraeli
• Faroese: ísraelskur
• Finnish: israelilainen (fi)
• French: israélien (fr) m, israélienne (fr) f
• Galician: israelí, israelita (gl)
• Georgian: ისრაელური (israeluri)
• German: israelisch (de)
• Greek: ισραηλινός (el) (israïlinós)
• Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (he) m (yisr'elí), יִשְׂרְאֵלִית f (yisr'elít)
• Hindi: इस्राइली (isrāilī), इसराईली (hi) (isrāīlī)
• Hungarian: izraeli (hu)
• Icelandic: ísraelskur
• Irish: Iosraelach
• Italian: israeliano (it) m, israeliana (it) f
• Japanese: イスラエルの (ja) (Isuraeru no)
• Kazakh: израиль (izrail), исраилдік (israildık)
• Khmer: អ៊ីស្រាអែល (km) (ʼiisraaʼael)
• Korean: 이스라엘의 (ko) (iseura'er-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Îsraîl (ku)

• Kyrgyz: израиль (izrail), израилдик (izraildik)
• Ladino: yisraeli
• Lao: ອິດສະລະແອນ (ʼit sa la ʼǣn)
• Latvian: izraēliešu, izraēlisks
• Lithuanian: israelio
• Macedonian: израелски (izraelski)
• Malay: Israel (ms)
• Mongolian: израиль (izrailʹ), израйль (izrajlʹ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: israelsk (no)

  Nynorsk: israelsk (nn)

• Pashto: اسرایيلي (esrāilí)
• Persian: اِسْرائیلی (fa) (esrâ'ili)
• Polish: izraelski (pl) m
• Portuguese: israelense (pt) c, israelita (pt) c
• Romanian: israelian
• Russian: изра́ильский (ru) (izráilʹskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Iosraeleach m or f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: и̏зраелскӣ

  Roman: ȉzraelskī (sh)

• Sicilian: srailitu m, srailianu m
• Slovak: izraelský (sk)
• Slovene: izraelski (sl)
• Spanish: israelí (es)
• Swedish: israelisk (sv)
• Tajik: исроил (isroyil), исроилӣ (isroyilī)
• Thai: อิสราเอล (th) (ìs-raa-eel)
• Turkish: israilli
• Turkmen: izrail, ysraýyl
• Ukrainian: ізра́їльський (izrájilʹsʹkyj)
• Urdu: اِسْرائیِلی (isrāyilī)
• Uyghur: ئىسرائىلىيە (isra'iliye)
• Uzbek: isroil, isroiliy
• Vietnamese: I-xra-en
• Welsh: Israelaidd m or f
• Yiddish: ישׂראלדיק (yisróeldik), ישׂראליש (yisreeylish)

Proper noun

Israeli

1. The modern Hebrew language.
   • 2010, Joshua A. Fishman, Ofelia García, Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity, volume 2, page 73:

     Thus, when most native Israeli-speakers speak Israeli, their intonation is much more similar to that of Yiddish, the mother tongue of most revivalists, than to that of Arabic or any other language belonging to the Semitic branch […]

Related terms

• Israel
• Israelite
• Israelian

Anagrams

• lairise, resilia

Afrikaans

Noun

Israeli (plural Israeli's, diminutive Israeli'tjie)

1. Israeli (person from Israel or of Israeli descent)

Related terms

• Israel
• Israelies
• Israels

See also

• Israeliet

German

Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרְאֵלִי, possibly after English Israeli. Equivalent to Israel +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪsʁaˈeːli/, /iːsʁaˈeːli/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

Israeli m (strong, genitive Israelis or Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli, feminine Israelin or Israeli)

1. Israeli (native or inhabitant of Israel; male or unspecified sex)

Declension

Declension of Israeli [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Israeli	die	Israelis, Israeli1
genitive	eines	des	Israelis, Israeli	der	Israelis, Israeli1
dative	einem	dem	Israeli	den	Israelis, Israeli1
accusative	einen	den	Israeli	die	Israelis, Israeli1

¹Dated.

Related terms

• Israel, israelisch
• Israelit, israelitisch

Noun

Israeli f (genitive Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli)

1. Alternative form of Israelin (“Israeli woman”)

Declension

Declension of Israeli [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Israeli	die	Israelis, Israeli1
genitive	einer	der	Israeli	der	Israelis, Israeli1
dative	einer	der	Israeli	den	Israelis, Israeli1
accusative	eine	die	Israeli	die	Israelis, Israeli1

¹Dated.

Further reading

• “Israeli” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Israeli” in Duden online
• “Israeli” in Duden online

Latin

Proper noun

Isrāēlī

1. dative singular of Isrāēl

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Israeli

1. (uncommon) Israel (a modern country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)