jealousy

English

Etymology

From Middle English jalousie, from Old French jalousie, see jealous, -y. Doublet of jalousie. Related also to zeal, zealous.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛləsi/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: jeal‧ous‧y

Noun

jealousy (countable and uncountable, plural jealousies)

(uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
(countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
- 1907, Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance:
  Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.
Envy towards another's possessions
- 1891, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, translated by R. W. Phipps, Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte:
  […] the jealousy of his foes of each other's share in the booty […].
(archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
  For euer I supoosed that he had ben to yonge and to tendyr to take vpon hym these aduentures / And therfore by my wille I wold haue dryuen hym aweye for Ialousy that I had of his lyf / for it maye be no yong knyghtes dede that shal enchyeue this aduenture to the ende
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Synonyms

jealousness

Antonyms

compersion

Related terms

jealous (adjective)
jealously (adverb)
jalousie
zealous

Translations

jealous attitude (e.g. fear of infidelity)

Albanian: zili (sq) f, xhelozi (sq) f
Arabic: غَيْرَة‎ f (ḡayra)
South Levantine Arabic: غيرة‎‎ (ḡēre)
Armenian: խանդ (hy) (xand)
Assamese: হিংসা (hiṅxa)
Azerbaijani: qısqanclıq
Belarusian: рэ́ўнасць f (réŭnascʹ), за́йздрасць f (zájzdrascʹ)
Bulgarian: ревност (bg) f (revnost)
Catalan: gelosia (ca) f
Chichewa: nsanje
Chinese:
Cantonese: 嫉妒 (zat⁶ dou³), 妒忌 (dou³ gei⁶)
Mandarin: 嫉妒 (zh) (jídù), 妒忌 (zh) (dùjì), 醋勁／醋劲 (zh) (cùjìn), 醋 (zh) (cù), 醋意 (zh) (cùyì)
Czech: žárlivost (cs) f
Danish: jalousi c
Dutch: jaloezie (nl), jaloersheid (nl) f, afgunst (nl) f, naijver (nl), ijverzucht (nl), ijver (nl) m
Esperanto: ĵaluzo
Faroese: øvundsjúka f
Finnish: mustasukkaisuus (fi)
French: jalousie (fr) f
Georgian: ეჭვიანობა (eč̣vianoba)
German: Eifersucht (de) f, Missgunst (de) f
Greek: ζήλια (el) f (zília)
Hindi: जलन (hi) f (jalan), ईर्षा (hi) f (īrṣā)
Hungarian: féltékenység (hu), féltékenykedés
Icelandic: afbrýði, afbrýðisemi f
Ido: jaluzeso (io)
Italian: gelosia (it) f
Japanese: 嫉妬 (ja) (しっと, shitto), しっと (shitto), ジェラシー (jerashī)
Khmer: ប្រច័ណ្ឌ (prɑcan), សេចក្តីប្រច័ណ្ឌ (sackdǝy prɑcan)
Korean: 질투 (ko) (jiltu)
Latvian: greizsirdība f
Macedonian: љубомора f (ljubomora)
Magahi: 𑂅𑂩𑂹𑂎𑂰 (irkhā)
Malayalam: കുശുമ്പ് (ml) (kuśumpŭ)
Maori: pūngaengae
Middle English: jalousie
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sjalusi (no) m
Nynorsk: sjalusi m
Occitan: gelosiá (oc) f
Old English: andung
Persian: حسادت‎ (fa) (hesâdat)
Polish: zazdrość (pl) f
Portuguese: ciúme (pt), ciúmes (pt)
Punjabi: ਈਰਖਾ (pa) (īrakhā)
Romanian: gelozie (ro) f
Russian: ре́вность (ru) (révnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: eud m
Serbo-Croatian: zavist (sh) f, ljubomora (sh) f
Slovak: žiarlivosť f
Slovene: ljubosumje n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: zawisć f
Spanish: celo (es) m, celos (es) m pl
Swahili: ghera
Swedish: svartsjuka (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠎꠟꠣ (zola)
Tagalog: selos (tl)
Tajik: рашк (tg) (rašk)
Telugu: అసూయ (te) (asūya), ఈర్ష్య (te) (īrṣya)
Turkish: kıskançlık (tr)
Ukrainian: ре́внощі m pl (révnošči), ре́вність f (révnistʹ), за́здрість f (zázdristʹ)
Uzbek: rashk (uz)
Vietnamese: ghen (vi)

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

Albanian: xhelozi (sq) f
Arabic:
South Levantine Arabic: غيرة‎ (ḡēre)
Armenian: նախանձ (hy) (naxanj)
Belarusian: за́йздрасць f (zájzdrascʹ), за́вісць f (záviscʹ)
Bulgarian: завист (bg) f (zavist)
Catalan: gels (ca) m pl
Czech: závist (cs) f
Danish: misundelighed c
Dutch: nijd (nl) m, afgunst (nl) f
Finnish: kateus (fi)
French: jalousie (fr) f
Georgian: შურიანობა (šurianoba), შური (ka) (šuri)
German: Mißgunst (de) f
Greek: ζήλια (el) f (zília)
Ancient: φθόνος (phthónos)
Latin: invidia f, zelus (la) m
Macedonian: завист f (zavist)
Magahi: 𑂙𑂰𑂯 (ḍāh)
Malayalam: അസൂയ (ml) (asūya)
Ngazidja Comorian: wivivu class 11
Old English: andung
Polish: zawiść (pl) f, zazdrość (pl) f
Russian: за́висть (ru) f (závistʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: eud m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: за́вист f
Roman: závist (sh) f
Slovak: závisť f
Slovene: zavist f
Swedish: avund (sv) c, avundsjuka (sv) c
Ukrainian: за́здрощі m pl (zázdrošči), за́здрість f (zázdristʹ), за́висть f (závystʹ)

close, zealous vigilance, envy

Arabic: حَسَد‎ m (ḥasad), غَبْط‎ m (ḡabṭ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 妒忌 (zh) (dùjì), 羡慕 (zh) (xiànmù)
Dutch: jaloersheid (nl) f, naijver (nl)
French: jalousie (fr) f, envie (fr) f
Georgian: შურიანობა (šurianoba), შური (ka) (šuri)
German: Neid (de) m, Missgunst (de) f
Greek: ζήλια (el) f (zília)
Irish: formad m
Old Irish: format n
Japanese: 妬み (ねたみ, netami)
Malayalam: അസൂയ (ml) (asūya)
Old English: æfēst, æfēstnes
Polish: zazdrość (pl) f, zawiść (pl) f
Portuguese: inveja (pt)
Russian: ре́вность (ru) (révnostʹ), за́висть (ru) f (závistʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: eud m
Serbo-Croatian: zavist (sh) f, ljubomora (sh) f
Spanish: envidia (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} gelosia (it) f
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} ljubosumje n (1)
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} wivu (sw), ^{(please verify)} wizu (sw)
Tamil: ^{(please verify)} எரச்சல் (eraccal)