SEMITIC


Meaning of SEMITIC in English

[adjective] [not gradable] - relating to the Arab and Jewish races or their languagesHebrew and Arabic are Semitic languages.See also anti-Semitic at anti-.Semitic can also refer to races such as the Babylonians and Phoenicians that existed in ancient times.Sometimes Semitic refers only to Jews.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.