semitic

adjective/səˈmɪtɪk/

Frequency rank: #7,006 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

relating to a group of languages and peoples originating in the Middle East, including Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic.

Illustration for the English word “semitic”

Example sentence

Hebrew and Arabic are both semitic languages with long histories.

Synonyms & related words

  • afroasiatic
  • middle-eastern

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