Israeli

See also: 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.

Translations

Adjective

Israeli (not comparable)

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

Translations

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 []

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. Israeli (native or inhabitant of Israel)

Declension

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Israeli

  1. (uncommon) Israel (the state)
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