juif

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French juif, backformation from Old French juive, juiue, feminine of juiu, from Latin iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יְהוּדִי (y'hudí).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɥif/
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Adjective

juif (feminine juive, masculine plural juifs, feminine plural juives)

  1. Jewish
  2. (offensive) stingy, avaricious

Noun

juif m (plural juifs, feminine juive)

  1. Jew (follower of Judaism)

Usage notes

The capitalized form Juif refers to Jews as an ethnicity; the lower-case form juif refers to Jews as followers of a religion.

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