jealousy

English

Etymology

From Middle English jalousie, from Old French jalousie, see jealous, -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛləsi/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: jeal‧ous‧y

Noun

jealousy (countable and uncountable, plural jealousies)

1. (uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
2. (countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
   • 1907, Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance:

     Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.

3. Envy towards another's possessions
   • 1891, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, translated by R. W. Phipps, Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte:

     […] the jealousy of his foes of each other's share in the booty […].

4. (archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
     :

     For euer I supoosed that he had ben to yonge and to tendyr to take vpon hym these aduentures / And therfore by my wille I wold haue dryuen hym aweye for Ialousy that I had of his lyf / for it maye be no yong knyghtes dede that shal enchyeue this aduenture to the ende

Synonyms

• jealousness

Antonyms

• compersion

Related terms

• jealous (adjective)
• jealously (adverb)
• jalousie
• zealous

Translations

jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity)

• Albanian: xhelozi (sq) f
• Arabic: غَيْرَة f (ḡayra)
• Armenian: խանդ (hy) (xand)
• Assamese: হিংসা (hiṅxa)
• Bulgarian: ревност (bg) f (revnost)
• Catalan: gelosia (ca) f
• Chichewa: nsanje
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嫉妒 (zh) (jídù), 妒忌 (zh) (dùjì), 醋勁／醋劲 (zh) (cùjìn), 醋劲 (zh) (cùjìn), 醋 (zh) (cù), 醋意 (zh) (cùyì)

• Czech: žárlivost f
• Danish: jalousi c
• Dutch: jaloezie (nl), jaloersheid (nl) f, afgunst (nl) f, naijver (nl), ijverzucht (nl), ijver (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĵaluzo
• Faroese: øvundsjúka f
• Finnish: mustasukkaisuus (fi)
• French: jalousie (fr) f
• Georgian: ეჭვიანობა (eč̣vianoba)
• German: Eifersucht (de) f, Missgunst (de) f
• Greek: ζήλια (el) f (zília)
• Hungarian: féltékenység (hu), féltékenykedés
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• Icelandic: afbrýði, afbrýðisemi f
• Ido: jaluzeso (io)
• Italian: gelosia (it) f
• Japanese: 嫉妬 (ja) (しっと, shitto), しっと (shitto), ジェラシー (jerashī)
• Khmer: ប្រច័ណ្ឌ (prɑcan), សេចក្តីប្រច័ណ្ឌ (sackdǝy prɑcan)
• Maori: pūngaengae
• Middle English: jalousie
• Polish: zazdrość (pl) f
• Portuguese: ciúme (pt), ciúmes (pt)
• Punjabi: ਈਰਖਾ (pa) (īrakhā)
• Romanian: gelozie (ro) f
• Russian: ре́вность (ru) (révnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: eud m
• Serbo-Croatian: zavist (sh) f, ljubomora (sh) f
• Spanish: celo (es) m, celos (es) m pl
• Swahili: ghera
• Swedish: svartsjuka (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠎꠟꠣ (zola)
• Telugu: అసూయ (te) (asūya), ఈర్ష్య (te) (īrṣya)
• Turkish: kıskançlık (tr)

a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold

• Albanian: xhelozi (sq) f
• Armenian: նախանձ (hy) (naxanj)
• Bulgarian: завист (bg) f (zavist)
• Danish: misundelighed c
• Dutch: nijd (nl) m, afgunst (nl) f
• Finnish: kateus (fi)
• French: jalousie (fr) f
• Georgian: შურიანობა (šurianoba), შური (ka) (šuri)
• German: Mißgunst (de) f
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• Greek: ζήλια (el) f (zília)

  Ancient: φθόνος (phthónos)

• Latin: invidia f, zelus (la) m
• Ngazidja Comorian: wivivu class 11
• Scottish Gaelic: eud m
• Swedish: avund (sv) c, avundsjuka (sv) c

close, zealous vigilance, envy

• Arabic: حَسَد m (ḥasad), غَبْط m (ḡabṭ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 妒忌 (zh) (dùjì), 羡慕 (zh) (xiànmù)

• Dutch: jaloersheid (nl) f, naijver (nl)
• French: jalousie (fr) f, envie (fr) f
• Georgian: შურიანობა (šurianoba), შური (ka) (šuri)
• German: Neid (de) m, Missgunst (de) f
• Greek: ζήλια (el) f (zília)
• Irish: formad m

  Old Irish: format n

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• Japanese: 妬み (ねたみ, netami)
• Portuguese: inveja (pt)
• Russian: ре́вность (ru) (révnostʹ), за́висть (ru) f (závistʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: eud m
• Serbo-Croatian: zavist (sh) f, ljubomora (sh) f
• Spanish: envidia (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} gelosia (it) f
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} ljubosumje n (1)
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• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} wivu (sw), ^{(please verify)} wizu (sw)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} எரச்சல் (eraccal)

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