"Haredi" meaning in English

See Haredi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /xəˈɹeɪdi/, /h-/, /xɑːɹeɪˈdiː/ Forms: more Haredi [comparative], most Haredi [superlative], Charedi [alternative], Chareidi [alternative], Hareidi [alternative]
Etymology: From Hebrew חֲרֵדִי (ḥărēḏî). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|חֲרֵדִי|tr=ḥărēḏî}} Hebrew חֲרֵדִי (ḥărēḏî) Head templates: {{en-adj}} Haredi (comparative more Haredi, superlative most Haredi)
  1. Pertaining to Haredi Jews. Synonyms: frum, ultra-Orthodox [offensive, sometimes] Translations (pertaining to Haredi Jews): חרדי (Hebrew), ultraortodoksyjny (Polish), חרדיש (khareydish) (Yiddish), גאָר פֿרום (gor frum) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Haredi-en-adj-MLMKC1Uv

Noun

IPA: /xəˈɹeɪdi/, /h-/, /xɑːɹeɪˈdiː/ Forms: Haredis [plural], Haredi [plural], Haredim [plural], Charedi [alternative], Chareidi [alternative], Hareidi [alternative]
Etymology: From Hebrew חֲרֵדִי (ḥărēḏî). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|חֲרֵדִי|tr=ḥărēḏî}} Hebrew חֲרֵדִי (ḥărēḏî) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|*|Haredim}} Haredi (plural Haredis or Haredi or Haredim)
  1. A member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture. Synonyms: frummer Derived forms: Haredi Judaism, Haredic Translations (member of a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of secular culture): 哈雷迪 (hāléidí) (Chinese Mandarin), חרדי [masculine] (Hebrew), haredi [Latin, masculine] (Ladino), żyd ultraortodoksyjny [masculine] (Polish), żydówka ultraortodoksyjna [feminine] (Polish), פֿרומער (frumer) [masculine] (Yiddish), חרד (khored) [masculine] (Yiddish), חרדישער (kharéydisher) [masculine] (Yiddish), חרדישע (kharéydishe) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Haredi-en-noun-brpIUAKa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Ladino translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations, Judaism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladino translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Judaism: 24 76

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.