cohen
US/ˈkoʊən/
cohen noun: a Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.
Noun
cohen (plural cohens or cohanim)
- A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.
Proper noun capitalized: Cohen
Cohen (plural Cohens)
- A surname from Hebrew. The most popular Jewish surname.
- In a statement on its website, Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen defended the designation.2018 August 8, Laura Jarrett, “Sessions: Group that backed baker who turned away gay couple not a ‘hate group’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2022
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
cohen meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
cohen in Hindi
- कोहेन
cohen in Tamil
- கோஹேன், கோஹன்
cohen in Marathi
- कोहेन
cohen in Bengali
- কোহেন
More languagesFewer languages
- cohen in Telugu
- కోహెన్, కోహేన్
- cohen in Malayalam
- കോഹൻ, കോഹേൻ, കോഹെൻ
- cohen in Kannada
- ಕೋಹೇನ್, ಕೋಹೆನ್, ಕೊಹೆನ್
- cohen in Punjabi
- ਕੋਹੇਨ, ਕੋਹੈਨ
- cohen in Gujarati
- કોહેન
- cohen in Odia
- କୋହେନ୍, କୋହେନ
- cohen in Nepali
- कोहेन
Forms of cohen
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cohens |
| plural | cohanim |
| alternative form | kohen |
| alternative form | kohein |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cohens |
Origin of cohen
From Hebrew כוהן \ כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).
From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).
Words formed from cohen
Questions about cohen
- What does cohen mean?
- Cohen means a Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.
- What is cohen in Hindi?
- Cohen in Hindi is कोहेन. See Cohen meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cohen?
- Cohen can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cohen?
- Cohen is pronounced /ˈkoʊən/ (US).
- What is the plural of cohen?
- The plural of cohen is cohens.
Words near cohen in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cohen (page history and authors); Cohen (page history and authors); cohen (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cohen (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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