Jealousy

English

Etymology

From jealous +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʤɛləsi/

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Noun

Singular Jealousy

Plural jealousies

Jealousy (jealousies)

1. A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
2. (countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
3. (archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:

     And therefore by my wyll I wolde have dryvyn hym away for jelosy that I had of hys lyff [...].

Synonyms

• jealousness

Related terms

• jealous adjective
• jealously adverb
• jalousie
• zealous

Translations

jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity)

Albanian: xhelozi sq(sq) f. Arabic: غيرة ar(ar) (gháyra) f. Armenian: խանդ hy(hy) (xand) Chinese: Mandarin: 嫉妒 cmn(cmn) (jídù), 妒忌 cmn(cmn) (dùjì), 醋勁 cmn(cmn), 醋劲 cmn(cmn) (cùjìn), 醋 cmn(cmn) (cù), 醋意 cmn(cmn) (cùyì) Czech: žárlivost cs(cs) f. Dutch: jaloezie, jaloersheid f., afgunst f., naijver, ijverzucht Esperanto: ĵaluzo eo(eo) Finnish: mustasukkaisuus fi(fi) French: jalousie fr(fr) f.

German: Eifersucht de(de) f., Missgunst de(de) f. Greek: ζήλια el(el) (zília) f. Japanese: 嫉妬 ja(ja) (しっと, shitto), しっと ja(ja) (shitto), ジェラシー ja(ja) (jerashī) Romanian: gelozie ro(ro) f. Russian: ревность ru(ru) (révnost') Serbian: zavist sr(sr) f., ljubomora sr(sr) f. Spanish: celo es(es) m., celos es(es) m. pl. Telugu: అసూయ (asooya), ఈర్ష్య (eershya) Turkish: kıskançlık tr(tr)

a resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold

Albanian: xhelozi sq(sq) f. Armenian: նախանձ hy(hy) (naxanj)

Finnish: kateus fi(fi) Greek: ζήλια el(el) (zília) f.

close, zealous vigilance, envy

Arabic: حسد ar(ar) (Hásad) m., غبط ar(ar) (ghabT) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 妒忌 cmn(cmn) (dùjì), 羡慕 cmn(cmn) (xiànmù) Dutch: jaloersheid f., naijver French: jalousie fr(fr) f., envie fr(fr) f. German: Neid de(de) m., Missgunst de(de) f.

Greek: ζήλια el(el) (zília) f. Japanese: 妬み ja(ja) (ねたみ, netami) Russian: ревность ru(ru) (révnost'), зависть ru(ru) (závist') f. Serbian: zavist sr(sr) f., ljubomora sr(sr) f. Spanish: envidia es(es) f.

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Italian: gelosia f. Scottish Gaelic: eud m. Slovene: ljubosumje n. (1)

Swahili: wivu sw(sw), wizu sw(sw) Tamil எரச்சல் (ericcal)

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