hébreu

Syllable Decomposition

hébreu

from Latin hebraeus, from Greek, from Aramaic ibrāy, derived from the Hebrew root עברי, ʿiḇrî ('to cross, to pass'), related to the fact that the people were known as 'those who came from the other side of the Jordan'.

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  • germangerman:Hebräisch
  • englishenglish:Hebrew
  • arabicarabic:عبرية
  • danishdanish:hebraisk
  • spanishspanish:hebreo
  • finnishfinnish:heprea
  • greekgreek:εβραϊκά
  • hebrewhebrew:עברית
  • hindihindi:हीब्रू
  • italianitalian:ebraico
  • dutchdutch:Hebreeuws
  • polishpolish:hebrajski
  • portugueseportuguese:hebreu
  • russianrussian:иврит
  • swedishswedish:hebreiska

See also

hébraïser (v.) hébreu (adj.) hébraïque (adj.) hébraïsme (cn.)