juif

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French

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ʒɥif/
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Adjective

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

  1. Jewish
  2. (offensive) stingy, avaricious

Noun

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juif m (plural juifs, feminine juive)

  1. Jew (follower of Judaism)

Usage notes

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

See also

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Further reading

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