Israeli

/ɪzˈɹeɪli/

Israeli noun: a person from Israel or of Israeli descent.

Noun

Israeli (plural Israelis)

A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.
- Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at...2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2021

Adjective

Israeli (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.
- The current Israeli government has been working to curtail and eliminate critical voices within Israeli society in recent years, particularly those fighting to end the occupation and expose human rights violations against Palestinians and marginalized communities.2018 December 6, “Israeli gov't is trying to defund +972 Magazine, report says”, in +972 Magazine, archived from the original on 15 May 2021

Proper noun

Israeli

(nonstandard) The modern form of the Hebrew language, as spoken in the State of Israel.
- Thus, when most native Israeli-speakers speak Israeli, their intonation is much more similar to that of Yiddish, the mother tongue of most revivalists, than to that of Arabic or any other language belonging to the Semitic branch […]2010, Joshua A. Fishman, Ofelia García, Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity, volume 2, page 73

Israeli meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto

Israeli in Hindi

person from Israel or of Israeli descent: इसराइली isrāilī
of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people: इसराइली isrāilī

Israeli in Urdu

person from Israel or of Israeli descent: اِسْرائیِلی isrāyilī
of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people: اِسْرائیِلی isrāyilī

Israeli in Bengali

of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people: ইসরাইলি iśoraili

Israeli in Pashto

person from Israel or of Israeli descent: اسرایيلي esrāilí
of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people: اسرایيلي esrāilí

More languagesFewer languages

Israeli in Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلِيّ ʔisrāʔīliyy, إِسْرَائِيلِيَّة ʔisrāʔīliyya
Israeli in Malay: Israel
Israeli in Persian: اِسْرائیلی esrâ'ili
Israeli in Thai: อิสราเอล ìs-raa-eel
Israeli in Vietnamese: I-xra-en
Israeli in Myanmar: အစ္စရေး acca.re:

Forms of Israeli

plural	Israelis

Origin of Israeli

From Hebrew ישראלי (jiśrəʾēlî). By surface analysis, Israel + -i. Usage as a synonym for "Modern Israeli Hebrew" was popularized by Ghil'ad Zuckermann.

Words formed from Israeli

Phrases with Israeli

Words that rhyme with Israeli

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Questions about Israeli

What does Israeli mean?: Israeli means a person from Israel or of Israeli descent.
What is Israeli in Hindi?: Israeli in Hindi is इसराइली (isrāilī). See Israeli meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Israeli?: Israeli can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Israeli?: Israeli is pronounced /ɪzˈɹeɪli/.
What is the plural of Israeli?: The plural of Israeli is Israelis.

Words near Israeli in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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