judas

See also: Judas, Júdás, Jūdas, and judąs

English

Noun

judas (plural judases)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“traitor”).
   • 2023, Richard Perks, John McGrath, editors, 21st Century Guitar: Evolutions and Augmentations, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 192:

     There is no better example of such a phenomenon as the infamous moment when Bob Dylan was proclaimed a ‘judas’ for going electric.

2. Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“Judas-hole”).
   • 1913, Baroness Orczy, chapter 27, in The Laughing Cavalier:

     Soon he heard a soft grating behind the judas, and he felt—more than he saw—that a pair of eyes were peering at him from within.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.da/ ~ /ʒy.dɑ/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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• Homophones: Judas, Juda

Noun

judas m (invariable)

1. Judas (traitor)
2. spyhole, peephole, Judas-hole
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Et il cria dans le judas qui s'ouvrait sur la boutique: — Annette! n'oublie pas les trois coupons du n° 14.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1882, Guy de Maupassant, La Peur:

     Au-dehors, la tempête acharnée battait la petite maison, et, par un étroit carreau, une sorte de judas placé près de la porte, je voyais soudain tout un fouillis d'arbres bousculés par le vent à la lueur de grands éclairs.

     Outside, the fierce storm was battering the little house, and, through a narrow window-pane, a sort of spyhole near the door, I suddenly saw a big tangle of trees knocked over by the wind, illuminated by great flashes of lightning.

Further reading

• “judas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈju.das]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): [ˈju.das]

Etymology 1

From judzić +‎ -as.

Noun

judas m pers

1. (Lasovia) synonym of oszust

Etymology 2

From Judasz.

Noun

judas m pers

1. (Far Masovian, Łomża Voivodeship) intrusive person

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1865), “judas”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 262
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “judas”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 203

Portuguese

Etymology

From Judas.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.dɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.dɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.dɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.das/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.dɐʃ/ [ˈʒu.ðɐʃ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -udɐs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -udɐʃ
• Hyphenation: ju‧das

Noun

judas m (invariable)

1. Judas (traitor)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:traidor

2. effigy of Judas that is burned during the Holy Saturday
3. (Brazil, colloquial) pauper

Derived terms

• malhar o judas
• pegar alguém para judas

Further reading

• “judas” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “judas”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “judas”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “judas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “judas”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “judas”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “judas”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Judas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxudas/ [ˈxu.ð̞as]
• Rhymes: -udas
• Syllabification: ju‧das

Noun

judas m (plural judas)

1. traitor

Further reading

• “judas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025