Israeli

See also: Israëli, Ísraeli, and israelí

English

Etymology

From Israel +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

enPR: ĭz-rā'lē, IPA^(key): /ɪzˈɹeɪli/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪli

Noun

Israeli (plural Israelis)

A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.
- 2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:
  Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at reconciliation.

Translations

person from Israel or of Israeli descent

Afrikaans: Israeli
Albanian: izraelit (sq) m, izraelite f
Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلِيّ m (ʔisrāʔīliyy), إِسْرَائِيلِيَّة f (ʔisrāʔīliyya)
Armenian: իսրաելցի (israelcʻi)
Azerbaijani: israilli
Belarusian: ізраільця́нін m (izrailʹcjánin), ізраільця́нка f (izrailʹcjánka)
Bulgarian: израилтя́нин m (izrailtjánin), израилтя́нка f (izrailtjánka)
Catalan: israelià (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 以色列人 (zh) (yǐsèlièrén)
Czech: Izraelec (cs) m, Izraelka (cs) f
Danish: israeler (da)
Dutch: Israëli (nl), Israëliër (nl) m, Israëlische (nl) f
Esperanto: israelano
Estonian: iisraellane
Faroese: ísraelsmaður m, ísraeli m
Finnish: israelilainen (fi)
French: Israélien (fr)
Galician: israelí (gl) m, israelita (gl) m or f
Georgian: ისრაელელი (israeleli), ებრაელი (ka) (ebraeli)
German: Israeli (de) m
Greek: Ισραηλινός (el) m or f (Israïlinós)
Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (he) m (yisr'elí), יִשְׂרְאֵלִית f (yisr'elít)
Hindi: इस्राइली (isrāilī), इसराईली (hi) m or f (isrāīlī)
Hungarian: izraeli (hu)
Icelandic: Ísraelsmaður m, Ísraeli m
Irish: Iosraelach m
Italian: israeliano (it)
Japanese: イスラエル人 (ja) (イスラエルじん, isuraerujin)
Kazakh: исраилдік (israildık)
Korean: 이스라엘인 (ko) (iseura'erin), 이스라엘 사람 (iseura'el saram)
Kyrgyz: израилдик (izraildik)
Latvian: izraēlietis m, izraēliete f
Lithuanian: izraelietis (lt) m, izraelietė (lt) f
Macedonian: Израелец m (Izraelec), Израелка f (Izraelka)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: israeler (no) m

Nynorsk: israelar (nn) m
Pashto: اسرایيلي m (esrāilí)
Persian: اِسْرائیلی (fa) (esrâ'ili)
Polish: Izraelczyk (pl) m, Izraelka (pl) f
Portuguese: israelense (pt) m or f, israelita (pt) m or f
Romanian: israelian m, israeliană f
Russian: израильтя́нин (ru) m (izrailʹtjánin), израильтя́нка (ru) f (izrailʹtjánka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Израе́лац m

Roman: Izraélac (sh) m
Slovak: Izraelčan (sk) m, Izraelčanka (sk) f
Slovene: Izraelec (sl) m
Spanish: israelí (es) m or f
Swahili: Mwisraeli (sw)
Swedish: israel (sv)
Tajik: исроилӣ (isroyili)
Turkish: İsrailli (tr)
Ukrainian: ізраїльтя́нин m (izrajilʹtjányn), ізраїльтя́нка f (izrajilʹtjánka)
Urdu: اِسْرائیِلی m or f (isrāyilī)
Uzbek: isroiliy, isroillik
Yiddish: ישׂראלדיקער m (yisróeldiker), ישׂראלדיקע f (yisróeldike), ישׂראלי m (yisréeyli)

Adjective

Israeli (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people.
- 2018, “Israeli gov't is trying to defund +972 Magazine, report says”, in +972 Magazine:
  The current Israeli government has been working to curtail and eliminate critical voices within Israeli society in recent years, particularly those fighting to end the occupation and expose human rights violations against Palestinians and marginalized communities.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Israel, the Israeli people

Afrikaans: Israels, Israelies
Albanian: izraelit (sq)
Amharic: እስራኤላዊ (ʾəsraʾelawi)
Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلِيّ m (ʔisrāʔīliyy)
Armenian: իսրաելական (israelakan), իսրաելյան (israelyan)
Azerbaijani: israil, israilli
Belarusian: ізра́ільскі (izráilʹski)
Bengali: ইসরাইলি (iśoraili)
Bulgarian: израе́лски (izraélski)
Burmese: အစ္စရေး (acca.re:)
Catalan: israelià (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 以色列的 (zh) (Yǐsèliè de), 以- (zh) (Yǐ-)
Czech: izraelský (cs)
Danish: israelsk (da)
Dutch: Israëlisch (nl)
Esperanto: israela
Estonian: iisraeli
Faroese: ísraelskur
Finnish: israelilainen (fi)
French: israélien (fr) m, israélienne (fr) f
Galician: israelí (gl), israelita (gl)
Georgian: ისრაელური (israeluri)
German: israelisch (de)
Greek: ισραηλινός (el) (israïlinós)
Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (he) m (yisr'elí), יִשְׂרְאֵלִית f (yisr'elít)
Hindi: इस्राइली (isrāilī), इसराईली (hi) (isrāīlī)
Hungarian: izraeli (hu)
Icelandic: ísraelskur
Irish: Iosraelach
Italian: israeliano (it) m, israeliana (it) f
Japanese: イスラエルの (ja) (Isuraeru no)
Kazakh: израиль (izrail), исраилдік (israildık)
Khmer: អ៊ីស្រាអែល (km) (ʼiisraaʼael)
Korean: 이스라엘의 (ko) (iseura'er-ui)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Îsraîl (ku)
Kyrgyz: израиль (izrail), израилдик (izraildik)
Ladino: yisraeli
Lao: ອິດສະລະແອນ (ʼit sa la ʼǣn)
Latvian: izraēliešu, izraēlisks
Lithuanian: israelio
Macedonian: израелски (izraelski)
Malay: Israel (ms)
Mongolian: израиль (izrailʹ), израйль (izrajlʹ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: israelsk (no)

Nynorsk: israelsk (nn)
Pashto: اسرایيلي (esrāilí)
Persian: اِسْرائیلی (fa) (esrâ'ili)
Polish: izraelski (pl) m
Portuguese: israelense (pt) c, israelita (pt) c
Romanian: israelian
Russian: изра́ильский (ru) (izráilʹskij)
Scottish Gaelic: Iosraeleach m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: и̏зраелскӣ

Roman: ȉzraelskī (sh)
Sicilian: srailitu m, srailianu m
Slovak: izraelský (sk)
Slovene: izraelski (sl)
Spanish: israelí (es)
Swedish: israelisk (sv)
Tajik: исроил (isroyil), исроилӣ (isroyili)
Thai: อิสราเอล (th) (ìs-raa-eel)
Turkish: israilli
Turkmen: izrail, ysraýyl
Ukrainian: ізра́їльський (izrájilʹsʹkyj)
Urdu: اِسْرائیِلی (isrāyilī)
Uyghur: ئىسرائىلىيە (isra'iliye)
Uzbek: isroil, isroiliy
Vietnamese: I-xra-en
Welsh: Israelaidd m or f
Yiddish: ישׂראלדיק (yisróeldik), ישׂראליש (yisreeylish)

Proper noun

Israeli

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 […]

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Anagrams

lairise, Isreali, resilia

Afrikaans

Noun

Israeli (plural Israeli's, diminutive Israeli'tjie)

Israeli (person from Israel or of Israeli descent)

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German

Etymology

From Hebrew יִשְׂרְאֵלִי, possibly after English Israeli. Equivalent to Israel +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪsʁaˈeːli/, /iːsʁaˈeːli/
Audio: (file)

Noun

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

Israeli (native or inhabitant of Israel; male or unspecified sex)

Declension

Declension of Israeli [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Israeli	die	Israelis, Israeli¹
genitive	eines	des	Israelis, Israeli	der	Israelis, Israeli¹
dative	einem	dem	Israeli	den	Israelis, Israeli¹
accusative	einen	den	Israeli	die	Israelis, Israeli¹

¹Dated.

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Noun

Israeli f (genitive Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli)

Alternative form of Israelin (“Israeli woman”)

Declension

Declension of Israeli [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Israeli	die	Israelis, Israeli¹
genitive	einer	der	Israeli	der	Israelis, Israeli¹
dative	einer	der	Israeli	den	Israelis, Israeli¹
accusative	eine	die	Israeli	die	Israelis, Israeli¹

¹Dated.

Latin

Proper noun

Isrāēlī

dative singular of Isrāēl

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Proper noun

Israeli

(uncommon) Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)

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German

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Latin

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Swahili

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