Jesuit

English

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: ʹjĕzo͞oĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛz(j)uɪt/, /ˈdʒɛʒuɪt/

Noun

Jesuit (plural Jesuits)

(Catholicism) a member of the Society of Jesus
(obsolete) A crafty person; an intriguer.

Derived terms

Derived terms

bejesuit
Jesuit's bark
Jesuits' drops

Jesuits' nuts
Jesuits' powder
Jesuits' tea

Translations

member of the Society of Jesus

Arabic: يَسُوعِيّ‎ m (yasūʿiyy)
Armenian: ճիզվիտ (hy) (čizvit)
Catalan: jesuïta (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耶穌會士 (zh), 耶稣会士 (zh) (yēsū huìshì)
Czech: jezuita (cs) m
Dutch: jezuïet (nl) m
Finnish: jesuiitta (fi)
French: jésuite (fr) m or f
Galician: xesuíta (gl) m
Georgian: იეზუიტი (iezuiṭi)
German: Jesuit (de) m
Hungarian: jezsuita (hu)

Icelandic: jesúíti m
Japanese: イエズス会士 (iezusu kaishi), ジェスイット (jesuitto)
Macedonian: исусовец m (isusovec), језуит m (jezuit)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jesuitt (no) m

Nynorsk: jesuitt m
Occitan: jesuïta m or f, jesuista m or f
Portuguese: jesuíta (pt) m
Russian: иезуи́т (ru) m (ijezuít), иезуи́тка (ru) f (ijezuítka)
Spanish: jesuita (es) m or f
Turkish: cizvit (tr)
Vietnamese: thầy tu dòng Tên

Adjective

Jesuit

of, relating to, or characteristic of this society or its members

German

Noun

Jesuit m (genitive Jesuiten, plural Jesuiten)

Jesuit

Declension

Declension of Jesuit

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Jesuit	die	Jesuiten
genitive	eines	des	Jesuiten	der	Jesuiten
dative	einem	dem	Jesuiten	den	Jesuiten
accusative	einen	den	Jesuiten	die	Jesuiten

Derived terms

jesuitisch

Further reading

Jesuit in Duden online

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.