hebreu

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hebraeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβɾɛw], [əˈβɾew]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈbɾɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈbɾɛw]

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• Rhymes: -ɛw

Adjective

hebreu (feminine hebrea, masculine plural hebreus, feminine plural hebrees)

1. Hebrew

   Synonym: hebraic

Noun

hebreu m (plural hebreus, feminine hebrea)

1. Hebrew person

Noun

hebreu m (uncountable)

1. Hebrew language

Further reading

• “hebreu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “hebreu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “hebreu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “hebreu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ebreo, ebreu (“Hebrew, Jew”), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin hebraeus (-vr- would be expected in an inherited term), from Ancient Greek Ἑβραῖος (Hebraîos), from Hebrew עִבְרִי (“Hebrew”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ew
• Hyphenation: he‧breu

Noun

hebreu m (plural hebreus, feminine hebreia, feminine plural hebreias)

1. Hebrew (person)