Jedi

See also: jedi, jedí, and JEDI

English

Etymology

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas as early as 1973 (in the manuscript Journal of the Whills) and first used in his 1977 film Star Wars. Said to have been adapted from Japanese 時代劇 (jidaigeki, “‘period drama’ motion pictures about samurai”), or perhaps inspired by the words Jed (King) and Jeddak (Emperor) in the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which Lucas had considered adapting to film.

Pronunciation

enPR: jĕdʹī, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛd.aɪ/
Rhymes: -aɪ
Hyphenation: Jed‧i

Noun

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(science fiction) One of a fictional order of beings from the Star Wars universe who are gifted with heightened awareness of the Force.
(religion) A follower of Jediism

Derived terms

Translations

one of a fictional order of beings

Arabic: جَدَيْ‎ m (jaday)
Bulgarian: джеда́й m (džedáj)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 絕地／绝地 (zh) (Juédì), 傑迪／杰迪 (Jiédí), 齋殆／斋殆 (Zhāidài)
Esperanto: Ĵedajo
French: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
German: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Japanese: ジェダイ (Jedai)
Korean: 제다이 (Jedai)
Latvian: Džedaja
Marathi: जेडाय (jeḍāy)
Navajo: Adinídíín Neitinígíí
Polish: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Portuguese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Russian: джеда́й (ru) m (džedáj), дже́дай (ru) m (džédaj)
Serbo-Croatian: džedaj
Spanish: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Thai: เจได (th) (jee-dai)
Ukrainian: джеда́й m (džedáj), дже́дай m (džédaj)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʒɛ.daj/, /dʒe.daj/
Audio (file)

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(Star Wars) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Portuguese

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈdaj/ [ʒeˈdaɪ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɛˈdaj/ [ʒɛˈðaj]

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

(Star Wars) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Spanish

Noun

Jedi m (plural Jedis)

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (a fictional order of beings)

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