different between jew vs kippah

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d?u?/
• Homophones: Jew, dew
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

Transferred use of Jew.

Alternative forms

• Jew

Verb

jew (third-person singular simple present jews, present participle jewing, simple past and past participle jewed)

1. (offensive) To bargain, to attempt to gain an unfair price in a business deal; to defraud.

Related terms

• jew down
• kike

Noun

jew (plural jews)

1. (Australia) The jewfish. [from 19th c.]
   • 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:

     The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

Etymology 2

Phrase

jew

1. Pronunciation spelling of d' you, representing colloquial English.
2. Pronunciation spelling of 'd you, representing colloquial English.

Anagrams

• jwé

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (?aw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?w/

Conjunction

jew

1. or
2. else

English

Alternative forms

• kippa, kipah, kipa, kippoh

Etymology

From Hebrew ????????? (kipá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??p??/, /?k?p?/
• Rhymes: -??, -?p?
• Homophone: kipper (second pronunciation; in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

kippah (plural kippot or kippahs or kippoth)

1. The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.

Synonyms

• yarmulke
• skullcap

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