goyim

See also: Goyim

English

Etymology

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Hebrew גּוֹיִיםbor.

English goyim

Borrowed from Hebrew גּוֹיִים.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɪ.ɪm/

Noun

goyim

1. plural of goy

   Synonyms: goys, goyims

   • 2015 December 22, Justin Wm. Moyer, “Donald Trump’s ‘schlonged’: A linguistic investigation”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 December 2015:

     “Many goyim are confused by the large number of Yiddish terms beginning with ‘schl’ or ‘schm’ (schlemiel, schlemazzle, schmeggegge, schlub, schlock, schlep, schmutz, schnook), and use them incorrectly or interchangeably,” he wrote.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈʝim/ [ɡoˈʝĩm]

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈʝim/ [ɡoˈʝĩm] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈʃim/ [ɡoˈʃĩm] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈʒim/ [ɡoˈʒĩm] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: go‧yim

Noun

goyim m pl or f pl by sense

1. plural of goy