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English
Etymology
From New Latin Iēsuīta.
Pronunciation
Noun
Jesuit (plural Jesuits)
- (Catholicism) a member of the Society of Jesus
- (obsolete) A crafty person; an intriguer.
Derived terms
Translations
member of the Society of Jesus
- Albanian: jezuit (sq) m
- Arabic: يَسُوعِيّ m (yasūʕiyy), يَسُوعِيَّة f (yasūʕiyya)
- Armenian: ճիզվիտ (hy) (čizvit)
- Azerbaijani: yezuit, cizvit
- Belarusian: езуі́т (be) m (jezuít), езуі́тка f (jezuítka)
- Bulgarian: йезуи́т (bg) m (jezuít), йезуи́тка f (jezuítka)
- Catalan: jesuïta (ca) m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 耶穌會士／耶稣会士 (zh) (Yēsū huìshì)
- Czech: jezuita (cs) m
- Danish: jesuit c
- Dutch: jezuïet (nl) m
- Estonian: jesuiit (et)
- Finnish: jesuiitta (fi)
- French: jésuite (fr) m or f
- Galician: xesuíta (gl) m
- Georgian: იეზუიტი (iezuiṭi)
- German: Jesuit (de) m
- Greek: ιησουίτης (el) m (iisouítis)
- Hungarian: jezsuita (hu)
- Icelandic: jesúíti m
- Irish: Íosánach m
- Italian: gesuita (it)
- Japanese: イエズス会士 (イエズスかいし, Iezusu kaishi), ジェスイット (jesuitto)
- Kazakh: иезуит (iezuit)
- Korean: 예수회 사람 (yesuhoe saram), 제수이트 (jesu'iteu)
- Kyrgyz: иезуит (iyezuit)
- Latin: Iēsuīta m
- Latvian: jezuīts m
- Lithuanian: jėzuitas m
- Macedonian: ису́совец m (isúsovec), езуи́т m (ezuít)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: jesuitt (no) m
- Nynorsk: jesuitt m
- Occitan: jesuïta m or f, jesuista m or f
- Persian: یسوعی (yasu'i)
- Polish: jezuita (pl) m, jezuitka f
- Portuguese: jesuíta (pt) m
- Romanian: iezuit (ro) m, iezuită f
- Russian: иезуи́т (ru) m (ijezuít), иезуи́тка (ru) f (ijezuítka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: језу̀ӣт m
- Roman: jezùīt (sh) m
- Slovak: jezuita (sk) m
- Slovene: jezuit (sl) m
- Spanish: jesuita (es) m or f
- Tajik: иезуит (iyezuyit)
- Turkish: cizvit (tr)
- Ukrainian: єзуї́т (uk) m (jezujít), єзуї́тка f (jezujítka)
- Urdu: یسوعی m (yasū'ī)
- Uzbek: iyezuit
- Vietnamese: thầy tu dòng Tên
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Adjective
Jesuit (not comparable)
- of, relating to, or characteristic of this society or its members
- Synonyms: jesuitic, Jesuitic, jesuitical, Jesuitical
German
Pronunciation
Noun
Jesuit m (weak, genitive Jesuiten, plural Jesuiten, feminine Jesuitin)
- (Christianity) Jesuit
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Jesuit” in Duden online
- “Jesuit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
