Yiddish

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Yid·dish /ˈjɪdɪʃ/ noun [uncountable] SANa language based on German used by older Jewish people, especially those who are from Eastern Europe 依地语，意第绪语〔尤为东欧的年老犹太人使用的一种语言〕 → Hebrew

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Yiddish• She also appeared in her own one-woman show in Yiddish, Hello, Molly!Origin Yiddish (1800-1900) Yiddish yidish (daytsh) “Jewish (German)”

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Yiddish
Yid‧dish /ˈjɪdɪʃ/

noun [uncountable]

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Yiddish
Origin: yidish (daytsh) 'Jewish (German)'

a language based on German used by older Jewish people, especially those who are from Eastern Europe ⇨ Hebrew

Yid·dish

BrE

/ˈjɪdɪʃ/

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NAmE

/ˈjɪdɪʃ/

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noun

[uncountable]

a Jewish language, originally used in central and eastern Europe, based on a form of German with words from Hebrew and several modern languages 意第绪语，依地语（犹太人的语言，起源于欧洲中部和东部，以德语为基础，借用希伯来语和若干现代语言的词语）

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adjective

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