juif
See also: Juif
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French juif, backformation from Old French juive, juiue, feminine of juiu, from Latin iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יְהוּדִי (y'hudí).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
juif (feminine juive, masculine plural juifs, feminine plural juives)
Noun edit
juif m (plural juifs, feminine juive)
- Jew (follower of Judaism)
Usage notes edit
The capitalized form Juif refers to Jews as an ethnicity; the lower-case form juif refers to Jews as followers of a religion.
See also edit
- Juif
- judaïsme (“Judaism”)
- petit juif m (“funny bone”, literally “small Jew”)
Further reading edit
- “juif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.