jersey

jersey

See also: Jersey

English

Etymology

From a typical fisherman's sweater used on the island of Jersey.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝzi/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zi
• Hyphenation: jer‧sey

Noun

jersey (countable and uncountable, plural jerseys)

1. (countable) A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.

   Synonym: jumper, pullover, sweater

2. (countable, US) A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.

   Synonyms: (Australian) guernsey, (UK) shirt

3. (uncountable) A type of fabric knit

Derived terms

• green jersey
• yellow jersey

Translations

garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body

Afrikaans: trui Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: شرز‎ m (šerzz) Bulgarian: пуловер (bg) m (pulover) Catalan: jersei (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 針織毛衫／针织毛衫 (zhēnzhī máoshān), 毛織運動衫／毛织运动衫 (zh) (máozhī yùndòngshān) Estonian: kampsun Finnish: villapaita (fi), villapusero (fi), villatakki French: jersey (fr) m, tricot (fr) m Galician: xersei m Georgian: ჯერსე (ǯerse), კოფთა (ḳopta), ქვედა სათბურა (kveda satbura) German: Pullover (de) m, Jersey (de) n Irish: geansaí m Italian: maglia (it) f, maglione (it) m Japanese: ジャージー (ja) (jājī) Mongolian: ноосон цамц (nooson camc) Norman: corset d'oeuvre m Plautdietsch: Woljak f Polish: dżersej m Portuguese: malha (pt) f, jérsei (pt) m Russian: (вя́заная) ко́фта (ru) f ((vjázanaja) kófta), сви́тер (ru) m (svítɛr), сви́тер (ru) m (svíter), дже́рси (ru) n (džérsi), футбо́лка (ru) f (futbólka) Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh m Spanish: jersey (es) m Swedish: olle (sv) c, jumper (sv), stickad tröja, gensare (sv) Ukrainian: светр m (svetr) Venetian: majon (vec) m, pail m Welsh: siwmper f

shirt worn by a member of an athletic team

Armenian: մարզաշապիկ (hy) (marzašapik) Chinese: Mandarin: 運動衫／运动衫 (zh) (yùndòngshān) Finnish: pelipaita (fi) French: maillot (fr) m German: Trikot (de) n Hungarian: mez (hu) Irish: geansaí m Japanese: ジャージー (ja) (jājī) Korean: 저지 (ko) (jeoji) Malay: jersi Russian: футбо́лка (ru) f (futbólka) Spanish: camiseta (es) f, elástica (es) f (informal) Swahili: jezi (sw) Ukrainian: спорти́вна футбо́лка f (sportývna futbólka)

type of fabric knit

Bulgarian: жарсе n (žarse) Czech: žerzej (cs) m Finnish: jersey (fi), jerseyneulos Irish: geirsí m Russian: дже́рси (ru) n (džérsi), джерси́ (ru) n (džersí) Ukrainian: дже́рсі f (džérsi)

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Translations to be checked

Norman: (please verify) blianchet d'oeuvre m (Jersey), (please verify) corset d'oeuvre m (Jersey)

Further reading

• Jersey (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒøːzi/ (in imitation of original pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /ˈjersey/, [ˈje̞rs̠e̞y] (Finnicized pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /ˈjersei̯/, [ˈje̞rs̠e̞i̯] (Finnicized pronunciation)

Noun

jersey

1. jersey (type of fabric knit)

   Synonym: jerseyneulos

Usage notes

• Many of the inflected forms are somewhat awkward to use, but corresponding forms of the synonymous jerseyneulos can be substituted for them.

Declension

Inflection of jersey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		jersey	jerseyt
genitive		jerseyn	jerseyiden jerseyitten
partitive		jerseytä	jerseyitä
illative		jerseyhin jerseyhyn	jerseyihin
		singular	plural
nominative		jersey	jerseyt
accusative	nom.	jersey	jerseyt
	gen.	jerseyn
genitive		jerseyn	jerseyiden jerseyitten
partitive		jerseytä	jerseyitä
inessive		jerseyssä	jerseyissä
elative		jerseystä	jerseyistä
illative		jerseyhin jerseyhyn	jerseyihin
adessive		jerseyllä	jerseyillä
ablative		jerseyltä	jerseyiltä
allative		jerseylle	jerseyille
essive		jerseynä	jerseyinä
translative		jerseyksi	jerseyiksi
instructive		—	jerseyin
abessive		jerseyttä	jerseyittä
comitative		—	jerseyineen

Possessive forms of jersey (type rosé)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	jerseyni	jerseymme
2nd person	jerseysi	jerseynne
3rd person	jerseynsä

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁ.zɛ/

Noun

jersey m (plural jerseys)

1. jersey

Further reading

• “jersey”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• yérsey, yersi (Latin America)

Etymology

From English jersey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeɾˈsei/ [xeɾˈsei̯]
• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification: jer‧sey

Noun

jersey m (plural jerséis)

1. sweater, pullover

   Synonyms: suéter, chomba

Further reading

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