Israeli

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See also: Israëli, Ísraeli, and israelí

English

Etymology

From Israel +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭz-rā'lē, IPA(key): /ɪzˈɹeɪli/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪli

Noun

Israeli (plural Israelis)

  1. A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.

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Adjective

Israeli (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people.

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Proper noun

Israeli

  1. 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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Afrikaans

Noun

Israeli (plural Israeli's, diminutive Israeli'tjie)

  1. Israeli (person from Israel or of Israeli descent)

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German

Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרְאֵלִי, possibly after English Israeli. Equivalent to Israel +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪsʁaˈeːli/, /iːsʁaˈeːli/
  • (file)

Noun

Israeli m (strong, genitive Israelis or Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli, feminine Israelin or Israeli)

  1. Israeli (native or inhabitant of Israel; male or unspecified sex)

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Noun

Israeli f (genitive Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli)

  1. Alternative form of Israelin (Israeli woman)

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Further reading

  • Israeli” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Israeli” in Duden online
  • Israeli” in Duden online

Latin

Proper noun

Isrāēlī

  1. dative singular of Isrāēl

Swahili

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Proper noun

Israeli

  1. (uncommon) Israel (a modern country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)