The word "gentile" is derived from a Latin translation of the Hebrew word "goy."
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Goy
//ɡɔɪ//
Synonyms for "goy" (12 found)
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Translations
28 translations across 21 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- jo-hebre noun (non-Jew)
Arabic
2 entries- أَغْيَار noun (non-Jew)
- جُوي noun (non-Jew)
Catalan
1 entries- Goy noun (non-Jew)
Czech
1 entries- gój noun (non-Jew)
Danish
1 entries- ikke-jøde noun (non-Jew)
Dutch
2 entries- goj noun (non-Jew)
- niet-Jood noun (non-Jew)
Esperanto
2 entries- gojo noun (non-Jew)
- nejudo noun (non-Jew)
French
3 entries- gentil noun (non-Jew)
- goy noun (non-Jew)
- goï noun (non-Jew)
German
2 entries- Goi noun (non-Jew)
- Nichtjude noun (non-Jew)
Hebrew
1 entries- גּוֹי noun (non-Jew)
Hungarian
1 entries- gój noun (non-Jew)
Italian
1 entries- Goy noun (non-Jew)
Japanese
1 entries- ゴイ noun (non-Jew)
Persian
1 entries- گوی noun (non-Jew)
Polish
1 entries- Goj noun (non-Jew)
Portuguese
2 entries- goy noun (non-Jew)
- gói noun (non-Jew)
Russian
1 entries- гой noun (non-Jew)
Spanish
1 entries- goy noun (non-Jew)
Swedish
1 entries- goj noun (non-Jew)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гой noun (non-Jew)
Yiddish
1 entries- גוי noun (non-Jew)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
"Goy" is not a pejorative term, but is simply the Hebrew equivalent of "gentile."
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The Hebrew word "goy" literally means "nation."
Source: tatoeba (11011472)
"Goy" is just the Hebrew word for "gentile."
Source: tatoeba (11444266)
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