- a citizen or inhabitant of the state of Israel
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the state of Israel or its inhabitants
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
Is•rae•li /ɪzˈreɪli/USA pronunciation
n. [count], pl. -lis or -li.
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a person born or living in Israel.
adj.
- of or relating to Israel.
Is•rae•li
(iz rā′lē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lis, (esp. collectively) -li, adj.
n.
adj.
n.
- Place Namesa native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
adj.
- Place Namesof or pertaining to modern Israel or its inhabitants.
- Hebrew yisrā‘ēlī, equivalent. to Yisrā'ēl Israel + -ī suffix of appurtenance
- 1945–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Israeli /ɪzˈreɪlɪ/ n ( pl -lis, -li)
'Israeli' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Agnon
- Barak
- Barenboim
- Ben-Gurion
- Bennett
- Ben-Zvi
- Dayan
- Golan Heights
- Ismailia
- Jew
- Masada
- Negev
- Netanyahu
- Palestinian
- Peres
- Perlman
- Port Said
- sabra
- Shamir
- Sharon
- Suez
- Weizmann
- West Bank
- Zukerman
- anti-Israeli
- Aschheim-Zondek test
- begin
- Camp David Accords
- Eban
- Eshkol
- Herzog
- hora
- Isr.
- Meir
- Mossad
- pro-Israeli
- Rabin
- Uzi
- Sharett
- Shazar