israélite
French, adjective
israélite is a French adjective meaning “Jewish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Israélite is a different word: “Israelite”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au royaume d’Israël (rois Saul, David et Salomon) et plus tard, au royaume de Samarie, par rapport au…”.
What does israélite mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Jewish
- 2
Israelite
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au royaume d’Israël (rois Saul, David et Salomon) et plus tard, au royaume de Samarie, par rapport au royaume de Judée ayant pour capitale Jérusalem. 2. Relatif aux juifs.
noun: 1. Juif ; juive.
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui professe à la religion juive.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of israélite
- Israélites plural
- israélites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to israélite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is israélite in French?
israélite appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).