judas

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See also: Judas, Júdás, Jūdas, and judąs

English

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Noun

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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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒy.da/ ~ /ʒy.dɑ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: Judas, Juda

Noun

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judas m (plural judas)

  1. Judas (traitor)
  2. spyhole, peephole, judas
    • 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.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Judas.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Judas.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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judas m (plural judas)

  1. traitor

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