Sémite

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• sémite — [ semit ] n. et adj. • 1845; de Sem, nom d un fils de Noé ♦ Se dit des différents peuples provenant d un groupe ethnique originaire d Asie occidentale et parlant des langues apparentées (⇒ sémitique). Les Arabes, les Éthiopiens, les Juifs sont… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Semite — Sem ite, n. One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively. [Written also {Shemite}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Semite — 1847, Jew, Arab, Assyrian, Aramæan, from Mod.L. Semita, from L.L. Sem Shem, one of the three sons of Noah (Gen. x:21 30), regarded as the ancestor of the Semites (in the days when anthropology was still bound by the Bible), from Heb. Shem …   Etymology dictionary

• Semite — ► NOUN ▪ a member of a people speaking a Semitic language, in particular the Jews and Arabs. ORIGIN from Greek S m Shem , son of Noah in the Bible, from whom these people are traditionally descended …   English terms dictionary

• Semite — [sem′īt΄; ] chiefly Brit [ sē′mīt΄] n. [ModL Semita < LL(Ec) Sem, Shem < Gr (Ec) Sem < Heb shem, a son of Noah (Gen.7:13)] 1. a person regarded as descended from Shem 2. a member of any of the peoples speaking a Semitic language,… …   English World dictionary

• SÉMITE — n. des deux genres Celui, celle qui appartient à la race dont on fait remonter l’origine à Sem. Un sémite. Adjectivement, Le type sémite …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

• Semite — UK [ˈsiːmaɪt] / UK [ˈsemaɪt] / US [ˈseˌmaɪt] noun [countable] Word forms Semite : singular Semite plural Semites someone who belongs to any of several groups of people who originally came from the Middle East, including Jews and Arabs …   English dictionary

• Semite — noun Etymology: French sémite, from Semitic Shem, from Late Latin, from Greek Sēm, from Hebrew Shēm Date: 1848 1. a. a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs b. a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Semite — /sem uyt/ or, esp. Brit., /see muyt/, n. 1. a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs. 2. a Jew. 3. a member of any of the peoples… …   Universalium

• Semite — noun /sɛ.ˈmaɪt/ a) A member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs. b) A descendant of these peoples …   Wiktionary