Jersey

Jersey

See also: jersey

English

Jersey cattle (2)

Etymology

From Middle English Gersey, from Anglo-Norman Gersui, further etymology disputed. Probably from Old Norse [Term?], compound of Geirs (“Geirr's”) +‎ ey (“island”). Also occasionally and historically connected to Latin Caesarea, a common name given to locations conquered by the Romans in honor of Caesar (compare French Césarée). The latter theory still bestows the Latin translation of the island.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝzi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi
• Hyphenation: Jer‧sey

Proper noun

Jersey

1. A dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.
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     The resilience of Jersey’s elite is not new (Jersey is perhaps the only place in Europe that had the same government before, during and after Nazi occupation) but it had never previously been described with such forensic force.

2. A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.
3. An English earldom.
4. (US, informal) New Jersey.
5. A town in Georgia, United States.

Derived terms

• Jerseyan
• Jersey City
• Jersey County
• Jersey girl
• Jerseyite
• Jersey knapweed (Centaurea paniculata)
• Jerseyman
• Jersey Marine
• Jersey Shore
• Jerseyville
• Joisey
• New Jersey

 

Related terms

• Jèrriais

Translations

island

Arabic: جِيرْزِي‎ (jīrzī) Chinese: Mandarin: 新澤西／新泽西 (zh) (Xīnzéxi) Cornish: Jersenys f Danish: Jersey Estonian: Jersey French: Jersey (fr) Irish: Geirsí f Italian: Jersey f Macedonian: Џерси n (Džersi) Norman: Jèrri Old French: Gersui Portuguese: Jersey (pt) f Russian: Дже́рси (ru) (Džérsi) Telugu: జెర్సీ (te) (jersī) Ukrainian: Дже́рсі m (Džérsi) Welsh: Jersey f

cattle

Finnish: jerseyrotu French: vache jersaise f, vache de Jersey f Irish: geirseog f Italian: vacca di razza Jersey f, mucca di razza Jersey f Maori: kau tiehe Norman: vaque Jèrriaise f Portuguese: jérsei (pt) m Spanish: ganado de raza Jersey Telugu: జెర్సీ (te) (jersī) Ukrainian: джерсі́йська f (džersíjsʹka)

earldom

Finnish: Jersey (fi)

New Jersey

French: New Jersey Irish: Nua-Gheirsí Macedonian: Њу Џерси (mk) n (Nju Džersi) Russian: Нью-Дже́рси (ru) (Nʹju-Džérsi) Ukrainian: Нью-Дже́рсі m (Nʹju-Džérsi)

Noun

Jersey (plural Jerseys)

1. A cow of the Jersey breed.

See also

• Alderney
• Guernsey
• Sark

Further reading

• Jersey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jersey cattle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Catalan

Proper noun

Jersey m

1. Jersey

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jersey.

Proper noun

Jersey (genitive Jerseys)

1. Jersey (island)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁ.zɛ/

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Proper noun

Jersey f

1. Jersey (island)

Related terms

• Jersiais, jersiais

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛr.si/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛrsi

Proper noun

Jersey m

1. Jersey (island)
2. the letter J in the Italian spelling alphabet

   Synonym: Jesolo

Related terms

• New Jersey

References

1. Jersey in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Jersey

1. Jersey (island in the Channel Islands)

Related terms

• Kanaløyene

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Jersey

1. Jersey (island in the Channel Islands)

Related terms

• Kanaløyane

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Jersey f

1. Jersey (an island and dependency of the United Kingdom in the English Channel)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Jersey f

1. Jersey

Derived terms

• Nueva Jersey

Further reading

• “Jersey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014