Israeli
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editIsraeli (plural Israelis)
- A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.
Translations
editperson from Israel or of Israeli descent
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Adjective
editIsraeli (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people.
Translations
editof, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people
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Proper noun
editIsraeli
- The modern Hebrew language.
- 2010, Joshua A. Fishman, Ofelia García, Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity, volume 2, page 73:
- Thus, when most native Israeli-speakers speak Israeli, their intonation is much more similar to that of Yiddish, the mother tongue of most revivalists, than to that of Arabic or any other language belonging to the Semitic branch […]
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editAfrikaans
editNoun
editIsraeli (plural Israeli's, diminutive Israeli'tjie)
- Israeli (person from Israel or of Israeli descent)
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editSee also
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew יִשְׂרְאֵלִי, possibly after English Israeli. Equivalent to Israel + -i.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editIsraeli m (strong, genitive Israelis or Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli, feminine Israelin or Israeli)
- Israeli (native or inhabitant of Israel; male or unspecified sex)
Declension
editDeclension of Israeli [masculine, strong]
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editNoun
editIsraeli f (genitive Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli)
- Alternative form of Israelin (“Israeli woman”)
Declension
editDeclension of Israeli [feminine]
Further reading
editLatin
editProper noun
editIsrāēlī
Swahili
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editIsraeli
- (uncommon) Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
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