单词 | semitic |
释义 | Semitic[ suh-mit-ik ] / səˈmɪt ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR Semitic ON THESAURUS.COM nouna subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician. Abbreviations: Sem, Sem. adjectiveof or relating to the Semites or their languages. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews; Jewish. Origin of SemiticFirst recorded in 1810–15; from New Latin Sēmīticus, equivalent to Sēmīt(a) “(a) Semite” + -icus adjective suffix; see origin at Semite, -ic OTHER WORDS FROM Semitichalf-Se·mit·ic, adjectivenon-Se·mit·ic, adjectivepre-Se·mit·ic, adjective, nounpseu·do-Se·mit·ic, adjectiveWords nearby Semiticsemisynthetic, semisystematic name, Semite, semitendinous muscle, semiterrestrial, Semitic, Semitics, Semitism, Semitist, Semito-Hamitic, semitone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for SemiticBritish Dictionary definitions for SemiticSemitic less commonly Shemitic/ (sɪˈmɪtɪk) / nouna branch or subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages that includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Amharic, and such ancient languages as Akkadian and Phoenician adjectivedenoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages denoting, belonging to, or characteristic of any of the peoples speaking a Semitic language, esp the Jews or the Arabs another word for Jewish Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for SemiticSemitic [ (suh-mit-ik) ] A descriptive term for several peoples of the Middle East and their descendants, including Jews (see also Jews) and Arabs (see Arab-Israeli conflict). Today the term is mainly applied to Jews. (See anti-Semitism.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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