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Yid|dish — «YIHD ihsh», noun, adjective. –n. a language which developed from a dialect of German. Yiddish contains many Hebrew and Slavic words and is written in Hebrew characters. It is spoken mainly by Jews of eastern and central Europe and their… … Useful english dictionary
Yid|dish|ism — «YIHD ih shihz uhm», noun. 1. devotion to the Yiddish language and literature. 2. a Yiddish word, phrase, or meaning: »Among Gentiles, it is becoming quite in to pepper one s talk with a Yiddishism or two (“what chutzpah!”) (Time) … Useful english dictionary
Yid|dish|ist — «YIHD ih shihst», noun. a person who is devoted to the Yiddish language and literature … Useful english dictionary
dish — bad·dish; blan·dish; blan·dish·er; blan·dish·ment; brad·dish·er; cad·dish; cav·en·dish; clack·dish; clod·dish; dish; dish·er; dish·ful; ed·dish; fad·dish; kad·dish; kid·dish; lad·dish; mad·dish; pod·dish; red·dish; red·dish·ness; sad·dish;… … English syllables
yid — bu·yid; say·yid; yid; yid·dish·ism; yid·dish·keit; yid·dish; yid·dish·ist; sa·yid; … English syllables
yiddish — yid·dish … English syllables
Yiddishism — Yid•dish•ism [[t]ˈyɪd ɪˌʃɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) ling. a word, phrase, or linguistic feature characteristic of or peculiar to Yiddish 2) the advocacy of Yiddish language and literature • Etymology: 1925–30 Yid′dish•ist, n … From formal English to slang
Yiddish — Yid|dish1 [ jıdıʃ ] noun uncount a language spoken mainly by Jewish people who come from Central and Eastern Europe. Yiddish is a mixture of Hebrew and an old form of German. Yiddish Yid|dish 2 [ jıdıʃ ] adjective relating to the Yiddish language … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
yiddish — yid·dish s.m.inv., agg.inv. 1. s.m.inv. TS ling. lingua parlata dalle comunità degli ebrei ashkenaziti, costituita da un dialetto tedesco con elementi ebraici e aramaici e altri neolatini e slavi, scritta in caratteri ebraici | agg.inv., relativo … Dizionario italiano
Yiddish — Yid|dish [ˈjıdıʃ] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : Yiddish; Origin: yidish (daytsh) Jewish (German) ] a language based on German used by older Jewish people, especially those who are from Eastern Europe →↑Hebrew … Dictionary of contemporary English
