Jesuit

See also: jesuit

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Iēsuīta.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: jĕzʹo͞oĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛzuɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɛʒuɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: jĕzʹ(y)o͞oĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛz(j)uɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɛʒuɪt/

Noun

Jesuit (plural Jesuits)

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

Derived terms

• bejesuit
• Jesuited
• Jesuitess
• Jesuitic
• Jesuitical
• Jesuitise
• Jesuitism
• Jesuitize
• Jesuitocracy
• Jesuitry
• Jesuit's bark
• Jesuits' drops
• Jesuits' nuts
• Jesuits' powder
• Jesuits' tea

 

Translations

member of the Society of Jesus

• Albanian: jezuit (sq) m
• Arabic: يَسُوعِيّ m (yasūʕiyy), يَسُوعِيَّة f (yasūʕiyya)
• Armenian: ճիզվիտ (hy) (čizvit)
• Azerbaijani: yezuit, cizvit
• Belarusian: езуі́т (be) m (jezuít), езуі́тка f (jezuítka)
• Bulgarian: йезуи́т (bg) m (jezuít), йезуи́тка f (jezuítka)
• Catalan: jesuïta (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶穌會士／耶稣会士 (zh) (Yēsū huìshì)

• Czech: jezuita (cs) m
• Danish: jesuit c
• Dutch: jezuïet (nl) m
• Estonian: jesuiit (et)
• Finnish: jesuiitta (fi)
• French: jésuite (fr) m or f
• Galician: xesuíta (gl) m
• Georgian: იეზუიტი (iezuiṭi)
• German: Jesuit (de) m
• Greek: ιησουίτης (el) m (iisouítis)
• Hungarian: jezsuita (hu)
• Icelandic: jesúíti m
• Irish: Íosánach m
• Italian: gesuita (it)
• Japanese: イエズス会士 (イエズスかいし, Iezusu kaishi), ジェスイット (jesuitto)
• Kazakh: иезуит (iezuit)
• Korean: 예수회 사람 (yesuhoe saram), 제수이트 (jesu'iteu)
• Kyrgyz: иезуит (iyezuit)
• Latin: Iēsuīta m
• Latvian: jezuīts m
• Lithuanian: jėzuitas m
• Macedonian: ису́совец m (isúsovec), езуи́т m (ezuít)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jesuitt (no) m

  Nynorsk: jesuitt m

• Occitan: jesuïta m or f, jesuista m or f
• Persian: یسوعی (yasu'i)
• Polish: jezuita (pl) m, jezuitka f
• Portuguese: jesuíta (pt) m
• Romanian: iezuit (ro) m, iezuită f
• Russian: иезуи́т (ru) m (ijezuít), иезуи́тка (ru) f (ijezuítka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: језу̀ӣт m

  Roman: jezùīt (sh) m

• Slovak: jezuita (sk) m
• Slovene: jezuit (sl) m
• Spanish: jesuita (es) m or f
• Tajik: иезуит (iyezuyit)
• Turkish: cizvit (tr)
• Ukrainian: єзуї́т (uk) m (jezujít), єзуї́тка f (jezujítka)
• Urdu: یسوعی m (yasū'ī)
• Uzbek: iyezuit
• Vietnamese: thầy tu dòng Tên

Adjective

Jesuit (not comparable)

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

   Synonyms: jesuitic, Jesuitic, jesuitical, Jesuitical

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jezuˈiːt], [jezuˈʔiːt]

• Audio:

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Noun

Jesuit m (weak, genitive Jesuiten, plural Jesuiten, feminine Jesuitin)

1. (Christianity) Jesuit

Declension

Declension of Jesuit [masculine, weak]

	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

• Jesuitin
• jesuitisch

Further reading

• “Jesuit” in Duden online
• “Jesuit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache