hébreu
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hébreu m (uncountable)
- Hebrew, the Hebrew language
- (informal) Greek (something incomprehensible, gibberish)
- Synonym: chinois
- Tout cela, c’est de l’hébreu pour moi.
- All of that is Greek to me.
Adjective edit
hébreu (feminine hébreue or hébreuse, masculine plural hébreux, feminine plural hébreues or hébreuses)
- Hebrew
- Synonym: hébraïque
- 1833, Pétrus Borel, Champavert. Contes immoraux:
- Nous brûlons les Hébreux et nous baisons leurs livres; stupidité! nous les brûlons parce qu’ils sont fidèles à leur loi, à leur dieu, et nous chantons autour de leurs bûchers, les psaumes de leur roi David...
- We burn the Hebrews and we kiss their books; stupidity! We burn them because they are true to their law, to their God, and around their pyres we sing we sing the psalms of their king David...
Usage notes edit
- Both feminine forms are rare and often deprecated. It is common to replace the feminine with hébraïque.
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “hébreu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.