Yiddish

Yiddish
1. adjective /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/
a) Of or pertaining to the Yiddish language.
b) Jewish.
2. noun /ˈjɪd.ɪʃ/
A West Germanic language that developed from Middle High German dialects, with an admixture of vocabulary from multiple source languages including Hebrew-Aramaic, Romance, Slavic, English, etc., and written in Hebrew characters which is used mainly among Ashkenazic Jews from central and eastern Europe.
See Also: Yiddishist, Yiddishism, Yiddishkeit

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  • yiddish — [ jidiʃ ] n. m. inv. • 1907; yudish 1864; mot angl., transcription de l all. jüdisch « juif », adj. ♦ Ensemble des parlers germaniques des communautés juives d Europe orientale (et autrefois d Allemagne). ⇒ judéo allemand. Adj. inv. La… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Yiddish — 1875, from Yiddish yidish, from M.H.G. jüdisch Jewish (in phrase jüdisch deutsch Jewish German ), from jude Jew, from O.H.G. judo, from L. Judaeus (see JEW (Cf. Jew)). The English word has been re borrowed in German as jiddisch …   Etymology dictionary

  • Yiddish — ► NOUN ▪ a language used by Jews in or from central and eastern Europe, originally a German dialect with words from Hebrew and several modern languages. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to this language. DERIVATIVES Yiddisher noun. ORIGIN from Yiddish… …   English terms dictionary

  • Yiddish — [yid′ish] n. [Yiddish yidish, for Ger jüdisch (deutsch), Jewish (German) < jüdisch, Jewish < Jude, a Jew < L Judaeus: see JEW] a language derived from Middle High German, spoken by East European Jews and their descendants in other… …   English World dictionary

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