Semitic languages are a group of languages that include Arabic and Hebrew.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Semitic people belong to one of the groups of people who speak a Semitic language.
...the Semitic races.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Semitic is sometimes used to mean Jewish.
4. See also anti-Semitic
Semitic in British English
(sɪˈmɪtɪk) or less commonly Shemitic
noun
1.
a branch or subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages that includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Amharic, and such ancient languages as Akkadian and Phoenician
adjective
2.
denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages
3.
denoting, belonging to, or characteristic of any of the peoples speaking a Semitic language, esp the Jews or the Arabs
4. another word for Jewish
Semitic in American English
(səˈmɪtɪk)
adjective
1.
designating or of the Semites or their languages or cultures
noun
2.
a major subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Akkadian, Canaanite, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Ethiopic
Word origin
Ger semitisch < ModL Semiticus < Semita: see Semite
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British English: Semitic ADJECTIVE
Semitic languages are a group of languages that include Arabic and Hebrew.