hebreu

See also: hébreu and Hébreu

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hebraeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈβɾe̞w]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈbɾɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβɾɛw], [əˈβɾew]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈbɾɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eˈβɾɛw]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ɛw

Adjective

hebreu (feminine hebrea, masculine plural hebreus, feminine plural hebrees)

1. Hebrew

   Synonym: hebraic

Noun

hebreu m (plural hebreus, feminine hebrea, feminine plural hebrees)

1. Hebrew person

Noun

hebreu m (uncountable)

1. Hebrew language

Related terms

• hebraisme
• hebraista
• hebraística

Further reading

• “hebreu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “hebreu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “hebreu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “hebreu”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ebreo, ebreu (“Hebrew, Jew”), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hebraeus (-vr- would be expected in an inherited term), from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (“Hebrew”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈbɾew/ [eˈbɾeʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛˈbɾew/ [ɛˈβɾew]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛˈbɾew/ [ɛˈβɾew]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛˈbɾew/

• Rhymes: -ew
• Hyphenation: he‧breu

Noun

hebreu m (plural hebreus, feminine hebreia, feminine plural hebreias)

1. Hebrew (person)

Related terms

• hebraico (Hebrew language)

Further reading

• “hebreu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “hebreu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026