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I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't do something, if I know I can't do it I'm the first to raise my hand and say, 'I can't do that.' But there is a big Bronx, New York Jew in me that just says, 'Really? Really? You think I - yes, I can. I can do it. I can do it.'
Ellen Barkin

Meaning of "Jew" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JEW

From Old French juiu, from Latin jūdaeus, from Greek ioudaios, from Hebrew yehūdī, from yehūdāhJudah.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF JEW

Jew  [dʒuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JEW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jew is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JEW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jew

Jews

The Jews; , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating from the Israelites of the Ancient Near East. According to Jewish tradition, Jewish ancestry is traced back to the Biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who lived in Canaan around the 18th century BCE. Jacob and his family migrated to Ancient Egypt after being invited to live with Joseph in the Land of Goshen region by Pharaoh himself. Their descendants were later enslaved until the Exodus led by Moses, which is commonly dated to the 13th century BCE. Historically, Jews had evolved mostly from the Tribe of Judah and Simeon, and partially from the Israelite tribes of Binyamin and Levi, who had all together formed the ancient Kingdom of Judah. A closely related group is the Samaritans, who claim descent from the Israelite tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, while according to the Bible their origin is in the people brought to Israel by the Neo-Assyrian Empire and some Cohanim who taught them how to worship the "native God". The Jewish ethnicity, nationality and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation.

Definition of Jew in the English dictionary

The definition of Jew in the dictionary is a member of the Semitic people who claim descent from the ancient Hebrew people of Israel, are spread throughout the world, and are linked by cultural or religious ties. Other definition of Jew is a person whose religion is Judaism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JEW


acajou
ˈækəˌʒuː
baju
ˈbɑːdʒuː
bijou
ˈbiːʒuː
carcajou
ˈkɑːkəˌdʒuː
Cheju
ˈtʃɛˈdʒuː
Gujju
ˌɡʊdˈdʒuː
juju
ˈdʒuːdʒuː
kinkajou
ˈkɪŋkəˌdʒuː
Kwangju
ˈkwæŋˈdʒuː
non-Jew
ˌnɒnˈdʒuː
sajou
səˈdʒuː
sapajou
ˈsæpəˌdʒuː
shinju
ˈʃɪndʒuː
sucuruju
ˌsuːkʊrʊˈʒuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JEW

Jevons
jew lizard
Jew-baiter
Jew-baiting

WORDS THAT END LIKE JEW

a good few
Andrew
brand-new
crew
drew
few
grew
have a few
Hebrew
interview
knew
Matthew
new
not a few
overview
preview
review
screw
the new
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Synonyms and antonyms of Jew in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Jew» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JEW

Find out the translation of Jew to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Jew from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Jew» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

犹太人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

judío
570 millions of speakers

English

Jew
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कंजूस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَهُودِيٌّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

иудаист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

judeu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইহুদি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Juif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yahudi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Jude
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ユダヤ人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유태인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong Yahudi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người Do thái
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யூதர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ज्यू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yahudi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ebreo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Żyd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іудей
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

evreu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Εβραίος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Jood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jude
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jøde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Jew

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JEW»

The term «Jew» is very widely used and occupies the 19.450 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JEW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Jew» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Jew» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Jew

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10 QUOTES WITH «JEW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Jew.
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Sholom Aleichem
You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.
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Sholom Aleichem
Here lies a plain and simple Jew who wrote in plain and simple prose.
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John Amery
It is up to you civilians to give a hand to show that we intend to take our responsibilities to maintain the integrity of our Empire, by giving the world proof that we have not all sold out to the Jew or Plutocrat.
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Jonathan Ames
I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.
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S. Ansky
All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'
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Leon Askin
Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew.
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Reza Aslan
The key to recognizing who Jesus was is to recognize this fundamental truth: He was a Jew.
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Mili Avital
I knew I wanted to get married and have a family, but it was important that my husband be a Jew; I didn't want to have to explain what Hanukkah is.
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Nnamdi Azikiwe
Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world - the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism.
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Ellen Barkin
I'm tenacious, I think - I know - and I do also have a quality where if you tell me I can't do something, if I know I can't do it I'm the first to raise my hand and say, 'I can't do that.' But there is a big Bronx, New York Jew in me that just says, 'Really? Really? You think I - yes, I can. I can do it. I can do it.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JEW»

Discover the use of Jew in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Jew and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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What is a Jew
Discusses the basic tenets of Judaism; religious law and ritual; modern Israel; Jews and Christians; the social and community concerns of Jews; and Jewish customs, traditions, feasts, and fasts
Morris N. Kertzer, 1996
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Modernity, Culture, and 'the Jew'
This book provides a rich and wide-ranging analysis of Jewish history and culture, relating them to theories of modernity and postmodernity and to recent debates on ethnicity and postcolonialism.
Bryan Cheyette, Laura Marcus, 1998
3
Protestant, Catholic, Jew: An Essay in American Religious ...
"The most honored discussion of American religion in mid-twentieth century times is Will Herberg's Protestant-Catholic-Jew. . . . [It] spoke precisely to the mid-century condition and speaks in still applicable ways to the American ...
Will Herberg, 2012
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Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels
This now classic book is a significant corrective to several recent developments in the study of the historical Jesus.
Géza Vermès, 1981
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The Origins of the Modern Jew: Jewish Identity and European ...
The Jew began to feel European, and his traditional identity became a problem for the first time. the response of the Jewish intellectual leadership in Germany to this crisis is the subject of this book.
Michael A. Meyer, 1979
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The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History
Complete with some twenty useful tables detailing Jewish demographic trends, this is a unique resource for any course in Jewish history, Zionism and Israel, the Holocaust, or European and American history.
Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, Jehuda Reinharz, 1995
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Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World: Attitudes and ...
But if such conjectures are true, asks Louis Feldman, how did Jews succeed in winning so many adherents, whether full-fledged proselytes or "sympathizers" who adopted one or more Jewish practices?
Louis H. Feldman, 1996
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The International Jew
This book is presented here for educational purposes and for those who are interested in reading a book written by important American businessman Henry Ford.
Henry Ford, 2007
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The Jew in the American World: A Source Book
A compilation of previously published archival sources chronicling the evolving domestic, religious, and political experiences of the Jews, this important volume provides the first complete single-volume reference source for American Jewish ...
Jacob Rader Marcus, 1996
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The Jew, the Arab: A History of the Enemy
This book argues that in "Christian Europe," the question of the enemy has for millennia been structured by the historical relation of Europe to both Arab and Jew.
Gil Anidjar, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JEW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Jew is used in the context of the following news items.
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Social media star 'The Fat Jew' turns top model - Jewish World News …
Self-avowedly rotund, The Fat Jew, 30, recently signed a deal to join the statuesque likes of Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli and Karolina ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
2
'Look at their dignity!' This Jew-flattering Egyptian soap opera is a …
This Jew-flattering Egyptian soap opera is a surprise hit with Palestinians. William Booth and Sufian Taha, Washington Post | July 17, 2015 ... «National Post, Jul 15»
3
Prominent Russian Jew shot near Moscow Jewish museum …
A T-34 Soviet-made tank and Russian servicemen take part in a rehearsal for a military parade at the Red Square in Moscow. «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
4
Insider's Guide to the Middle East: 'Catch the Jew' - The Jewish Press
Read "Catch the Jew" to learn the truth about Israel, Israelis, Arab Palestinians and the havoc-wreaking NGOs in the region. You're wrong if you ... «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
5
The Torn Iranian American Jew | Dr. Emrani's Mystic Healing …
He reached one of the highest positions a Jew had achieved in 1979. All his savings went to buy a beautiful apartment complex in Tehran . «Jewish Journal, Jul 15»
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Jew rescues Christians from ISIS to repay WWII 'debt'
(London Independent) A Jewish peer who fled occupied Austria as a child is funding the rescue of up to 2,000 Christians from Syria and Iraq as ... «WND.com, Jul 15»
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'Candidly Nicole': Nicole Richie and The Fat Jewish Face Off in …
"When The Fat Jew called me to come and meet him, I knew it was going to be something crazy." So declares Nicole Richie in clip titled "How to ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
8
No FA charge for Malky Mackay over 'Jew' messages
The Football Association has said it will not charge football manager Malky Mackay over a series of racist, sexist, homophobic and antisemitic ... «Jewish Chronicle, Jul 15»
9
The Fat Jew Is Your Latest Fashion Model Obsession
The entire interview is worth a read. Fat Jew (ne Josh Ostrovsky) is everywhere these days. He's got a book deal, his own brand of rose , and is ... «Forward, Jul 15»
10
Israel now the Jew among nations, says Abe Foxman
National director of the Anti-Defamation League Abraham Foxman will be retiring soon but, true to form, the assertive 75-year-old is going out ... «Jewish Chronicle, Jul 15»

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