Israeli

See also: Israëli, Ísraeli, and israelí

English

Etymology

From Hebrew ישראלי (jiśrəʾēlî). By surface analysis, Israel +‎ -i.

Usage as a synonym for "Modern Israeli Hebrew" was popularized by Ghil'ad Zuckermann.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪli

Noun

Israeli (plural Israelis)

2. A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.
   • 2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 February 2021:

     Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at reconciliation.

Usage notes

• The demonym Israeli is generally preferred for references to the modern state of Israel or its people, and the form Israelite for references to the ancient land or its people.

Translations

person from Israel or of Israeli descent

• Afrikaans: Israeli
• Albanian: izraelit (sq) m, izraelite f
• Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلِيّ m (ʔisrāʔīliyy), إِسْرَائِيلِيَّة f (ʔisrāʔīliyya)
• Aragonese: israelín m, israelina f, israelí
• Armenian: իսրայելցի (hy) (israyelcʻi)
• Asturian: israelín (ast) m, israelina (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: israilli
• Basque: israeldar
• Belarusian: ізраільця́нін m (izrailʹcjánin), ізраільця́нка f (izrailʹcjánka)
• Breton: Israelad
• Bulgarian: израилтя́нин m (izrailtjánin), израилтя́нка f (izrailtjánka)
• Catalan: israelià (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以色列人 (zh) (yǐsèlièrén)

• Corsican: israilianu
• 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)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Israelyske

• Galician: israelí (gl) 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: इसराइली m or f by sense (isrāilī)
• Hungarian: izraeli (hu)
• Icelandic: Ísraelsmaður m, Ísraeli m
• Irish: Iosraelach m
• Italian: israeliano (it)
• Japanese: イスラエル人 (ja) (イスラエルじん, isuraerujin)
• Kazakh: исраилдік (israildık)
• Korean: 이스라엘인 (ko) (iseura'erin), 이스라엘 사람 (iseura'el saram)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: isaîlî

• Kyrgyz: израилдик (izraildik)
• Ladino: yisraeli
• Latvian: izraēlietis m, izraēliete f
• Lithuanian: izraelietis (lt) m, izraelietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Израелец m (Izraelec), Израелка f (Izraelka)
• Maltese: Iżraeljani
• Manx: Israelagh
• Marshallese: ri-Ijireel
• Mirandese: israilita, eisraelita
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: israeler (no) m

  Nynorsk: israelar (nn) m

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

  Cyrillic: Израе́лац m

  Latin: 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 (isroyili)
• Turkish: İsrailli (tr)
• Ukrainian: ізраїльтя́нин m (izrajilʹtjányn), ізраїльтя́нка f (izrajilʹtjánka)
• Urdu: اِسْرائیِلی m or f (isrāyilī)
• Uzbek: isroiliy, isroillik
• Venetan: israelian
• Volapük: Yisraelänan
• Yiddish: ישׂראלדיקער m (yisróeldiker), ישׂראלדיקע f (yisróeldike), ישׂראלי m (yisréeyli)

Adjective

Israeli (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.
   • 2018 December 6, “Israeli gov't is trying to defund +972 Magazine, report says”, in +972 Magazine‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 May 2021:

     The current Israeli government has been working to curtail and eliminate critical voices within Israeli society in recent years, particularly those fighting to end the occupation and expose human rights violations against Palestinians and marginalized communities.

Usage notes

• The demonym Israeli is generally preferred for references to the modern state of Israel or its people, and the form Israelite for references to the ancient land or its people.

Derived terms

• Ausraeli, Ozraeli
• Israeliana
• Israeli couscous
• Israeli Wire
• spiritually Israeli

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: Israels, Israelies
• Albanian: izraelit (sq)
• Amharic: እስራኤላዊ (ʾəsraʾelawi)
• Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلِيّ m (ʔisrāʔīliyy)
• Aragonese: israelín m, israelí
• Armenian: իսրայելական (hy) (israyelakan), իսրայելյան (israyelyan)
• Asturian: israelín (ast)
• Azerbaijani: israil, israilli
• Basque: israeldar
• Belarusian: ізра́ільскі (izráilʹski)
• Bengali: ইসরাইলি (iśoraili)
• Breton: Israelad
• Bulgarian: израе́лски (izraélski)
• Burmese: အစ္စရေး (acca.re:)
• Catalan: israelià (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Corsican: israilianu
• 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 (gl), israelita (gl)
• Georgian: ისრაელური (israeluri)
• German: israelisch (de)
• Greek: ισραηλινός (el) (israïlinós)
• Hawaiian: ʻIkelaʻela
• Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (he) m (yisr'elí), יִשְׂרְאֵלִית f (yisr'elít)
• Hindi: इसराइली m or f by sense (isrāilī)
• Hungarian: izraeli (hu)
• Icelandic: ísraelskur (is)
• 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)
• Maltese: Iżraeljani
• Manx: Israelagh
• Marshallese: Ijireel
• Mirandese: israilita, eisraelita
• Mongolian: израиль (izrailʹ), израйль (izrajlʹ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: israelsk (no)

  Nynorsk: israelsk (nn)

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

  Cyrillic: и̏зраелскӣ

  Latin: ȉzraelskī (sh)

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

Proper noun

Israeli

1. (nonstandard, linguistics) The modern form of the Hebrew language, as spoken in the State of Israel.
   • 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
• Israhelli
• Jewsrael

Anagrams

• lairise, Isreali, 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, equivalent to Israel +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (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^[3] (in German)
• “Israeli” in Duden online
• “Israeli” in Duden online

Latin

Proper noun

Isrāēlī

1. dative singular of Isrāēl

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Israeli

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