What does "sephardi" mean?

A Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose traditional language is Ladino.

What is a synonym for "sephardi"?

Common synonyms include: sephardic, sephardic jew, sephardic jew.

adj, noun

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Noun

1
A Jew of Iberian ancestry, whose traditional language is Ladino.
"In a move aimed at avoiding the mistakes made by many of the Jewish institutions in which students have grown up, the guidebook encourages students creating new Jewish organizations to ensure that “JOCSM (Jews of Color, Sephardi, Mizrahi) feel included and comfortable,” to maintain a “[s]upportive network of closed spaces for marginalized people,” and to directly“[a]cknowledge and confront Ashkenormativity.”"
2
a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent wordnet
3
Any Jew following the Sephardic law and customs, instead of the Ashkenazic. Israel

Adjective

1
Of or relating to Jews of Iberia and their traditions, customs, and rituals. Their traditional vernacular is Ladino.
"Their claim is at least so far acknowledged by the Jews all over the world that the first rank is allowed by them to the Sephardi congregation in Jerusalem."
2
Of or relating to the Jews following the Sephardic law and customs; essentially, all non-Ashkenazi Jews in Israel, including those not of Iberian origin. Israel

"Nineteenth-century Hebrew had three principal dialects: Sephardi, Ashkenazi, and Yemenite."

Borrowed from Hebrew סְפָרַדִּי (s'faradí).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.