judeu

See also: Judeu

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin iūdaeus (“Jew; Judaean”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuˈdew/

Noun

judeu m (plural judeus, feminine judea, feminine plural judeas, diminutive judeucinno)

1. Jew
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 4 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como Santa maria guardou ao fillo do judeu que non ardeſſe que ſeu padre deitara no forno.

     This one is (about) how Holy Mary protected from being burnt the Jew whose father had laid in the furnace.

Descendants

• Galician: xudeu
• Portuguese: judeu

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese judeu (“Jew”), from Latin iūdaeus (“Jew; Judaean”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi). By surface analysis, Judeia +‎ -eu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈdew/ [ʒuˈdeʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈdew/ [ʒuˈðew]

• Rhymes: -ew
• Hyphenation: ju‧deu

Noun

judeu m (plural judeus, feminine judia, feminine plural judias)

1. Jew, Jewish person (adherent of Judaism or member or descendant of the Jewish people)
2. (biblical, historical) Judean

Adjective

judeu (feminine judia, masculine plural judeus, feminine plural judias)

1. Jewish (relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture)
   • 2017, “NDDN”, performed by Coruja BC1:

     Pros negócio eu sou judeu, pros inimigo muçulmano

     To businesses I'm Jewish, to the enemies I'm Muslim

2. (biblical, historical) Judean