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Meaning of "shikse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIKSE

shikse  [ˈʃɪksə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIKSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shikse 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 SHIKSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shiksa

Shiksa is a derogatory term of Yiddish origin that has moved into English usage, mostly in North American Jewish culture, as a term for a non-Jewish woman. Shiksa refers to any non-Jewish woman or girl who might be a temptation to Jewish men or boys, e.g., for dating, intermarriage, etc. Professor Frederic Cople Jaher writes: The shiksa obsesses many Jews: Rabbis see her as an intermarital threat to the survival of Judaism; parents fear that she will lure their sons away from family and faith; and Jewish men fantasize about her sexual and social desirability. She figures prominently—even compulsively—in popular movies and bestsellers by Jewish directors and writers. Among Orthodox Jews, the term may be used to describe a Jewish girl or woman who fails to follow Orthodox religious precepts. The equivalent term for a non-Jewish male, used less frequently, is shegetz.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIKSE


affixer
əˈfɪksə
al-Aqsa
æl ˈæksə
antefixa
ˈæntɪˌfɪksə
boxer
ˈbɒksə
coxa
ˈkɒksə
elixir
ɪˈlɪksə
fixer
ˈfɪksə
flexor
ˈflɛksə
indexer
ˈɪndeksə
mixer
ˈmɪksə
moxa
ˈmɒksə
multiplexer
ˈmʌltɪˌplɛksə
nixer
ˈnɪksə
relaxer
rɪˈlæksə
shicksa
ˈʃɪksə
shiksa
ˈʃɪksə
shikseh
ˈʃɪksə
sixer
ˈsɪksə
taxa
ˈtæksə
waxer
ˈwæksə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIKSE

shikar
shikaree
shikarees
shikari
shikarred
shikarring
shikker
Shikoku
shiksa
shikseh
shilingi
shill
shill bidding
shillaber
shillala
shillelagh
shilling
shilling mark
shillingless
shillingsworth

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIKSE

abuse
advertise
arose
base
because
browse
case
case-by-case
cause
Chinese
choose
chose
close
collapse
course
cruise
database
defense
disease
diverse

Synonyms and antonyms of shikse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shikse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIKSE

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

Translator English - Chinese

shikse
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shikse
570 millions of speakers

English

shikse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shikse
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shikse
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

shikse
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shikse
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shikse
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

shikse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shikse
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schickse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shikse
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shikse
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shikse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shikse
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shikse
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Shikse
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shikse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shikse
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shikse
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

shikse
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shikse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shikse
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shikse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shikse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shikse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shikse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIKSE»

The term «shikse» is used very little and occupies the 177.732 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIKSE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIKSE»

Discover the use of shikse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shikse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rx Shikse: A Trans-Placental Romance
This comical romance takes a new slant on the conspiracy of the sexes.
J. P. Ephraim, J. R. Ephraim, 1988
2
Jewish Survival: The Identity Problem at the Close of the ...
Yet in 1978 Marsha Richman, a Jewish divorcee, and Katie O'Donnell, a left- footer who described herself as a shikse, published a book entitled The Shikse's Guide to Jewish Men, in which they ask, "Can a girl from another world meet and fall ...
Ernest Krausz, Gitta Tulea
3
History of the Yiddish Language
The consonant in shaskenen 'carouse' came into being in a reverse development , following the formula /j > g > k/— namely, /sasjenen > -genen > -kenen/ (§8.7.3). See also §7.45.2, text and note. Is the form nupE1 sqch (= shikse) 'gentile girl' ...
Max Weinreich, 2008
4
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
85, 1965 shifty noun sex with a prostitute US, 1954 • — Jerry Robertson, Oil Slanguage, p. 112, 1954 shikse; shiksa; shixa noun a Gentile woman UK, 1892 • The fault lay with them, because they had never approved LeeSimon's marrying a ...
Tom Dalzell, 2008
5
Unclean Lips: Jews, Obscenity, and American Culture
61 The threat posed by the non- Jewish woman is etymologically clear in the epithet shiksa or shikse, employed widely in modern Yiddish and English to refer to non-Jewish women and, as we have seen, in Roth's Letting Go, where, from the ...
Josh Lambert, 2013
6
The Tarnished Image
“If Mordecai even so much as went out with a shikse once, I'd never let him come home again!” yelled Abe within range of Mordecai's hearing. “I'd never want to see him again! I wouldn't care if the guys in college beat him up! I wouldn't care if  ...
Louis M. Sandman, 2005
7
People of the Book: Thirty Scholars Reflect on Their Jewish ...
sabra: (Hebrew) an Israeli-born Jew. sadit: (Akkadian) mountain. schiksa: see shikse (below). schlemiel: (Yiddish, "Yinglish") a foolish person, a simpleton, a " fall guy," a hard-luck type; also an uncomplaining victim. schwarze: (German) see  ...
Jeffrey Rubin-Dorsky, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, 1996
8
If I Forget You, O Jerusalem
"she looks just like a shikse." (female Gentile) I ran into the bathroom to squelch my laughter. I was uncertain how they would have responded if I had told them they were receiving an inspirational lecture on Zionism from a bona fide shikse!
Hellen Battle Kosak, 2008
9
Klezmer America: Jewishness, Ethnicity, Modernity
... a mother fixation) marked him for his audience as a nonnormative man, a sexual oddball, and this dimension of his character makes the film's portrayal of his love and conquest of a shikse, his gentile girlfriend Mary Dale, all the more striking.
Jonathan Freedman, 2009
10
The Jew and the Other
In Yiddish, she came to be called the shikse: the forbidden but fascinating woman , whose offspring, from a strictly orthodox standpoint, could not ensure the continuity of a Jewish line. Shikse comes from the Hebrew word shekets, which means ...
Esther Benbassa, Jean-Christophe Attias, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIKSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shikse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Secrets Behind The Doors Of 80 Clinton Street
... all decaying grandeur and faded opulence." CLINTONTHEATER14A.jpg. The flier is for "The Yiddishe Shikse," 1940. The sketch reads: "New Clinton Theatre. «Gothamist, Apr 14»
2
At 96, publication of kids' book fulfills dream
Her Ukraine-born mother was known as the “Yiddishe shikse” because she sang in Russian. “The Yiddish theater world was like a separate country,” Rosenberg ... «Jewish Post, Sep 13»
3
It's in the books: At 96, Betty Rosenberg Perlov is a published author
Her Ukraine-born mother was known as the “Yiddishe shikse” because she sang in Russian. “The Yiddish theater world was like a separate country,” Rosenberg ... «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Sep 13»
4
Is “shiksa” an insult?
(“Shiksa,” “shikse,” “schikse,”and “shicksa” have all had their moment.) The common understanding of “shiksa” (i.e., “a vaguely-pejorative term for gentile ... «Salon, Mar 13»
5
Hanukkah humbug as Lindsay Lohan nixes Bar Mitzvahs
She's the shikse dream, the kind of farblunget nafke most 13-year-old Jewish boys doven for, yet Lindsay Lohan refuses to do Bar Mitzvahs. Why? The gig ... «San Diego Reader, Dec 12»
6
1978's The Shikse's Guide to Jewish Men: Here's the Awful Highlights
His ideal shikse is Katherine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story." Okay, that last one is actually kind of funny. But is it a joke? Is it elsewhere when they state "A ... «Village Voice, Oct 12»
7
Image: getty images
Although words like “goy,” sheygets, shikse, orel, etc., can certainly be contemptuous, they don't have to be. They can simply express a sense of otherness, ... «Forward, Jul 12»
8
Sentirse de otra parte
De chica la palabra “shikse” sonaba todo el tiempo en casa de mis abuelos. Cuando pregunté qué significaba, me dijeron que shikse era una persona que no ... «Clarín.com, Jan 12»
9
The Oy of Yiddish, Part 1
I've adapted the following from a longer treatment of shikse and sheygets in Born to Kvetch. Shikse is the feminine form of sheygets, a gentile youth. «New York Times, Apr 10»
10
Violeta Gorodischer
... “goi” (no judíos), “shikse” (forma despectiva de llamar a la mucama), “kreplaj” (pasta tradicional similar a los sorrentinos) o “madrij” (coordinador de grupos), ... «Página 12, Jul 09»

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