Meaning

3 senses
  1. A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.

    Chaldäer, Chaldäerin

    халде́йxaldéj

    an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea

  2. A member of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

  3. A diviner or astrologer.

    халде́йxaldéj

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I learned a bit of Chaldean on that app I told you about.

    CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Ali's grandfather was Chaldean.

    ruДед Али был сиро-халдеем. — Ivanovb

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
native of Chaldea:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
native of Chaldea:

Origin

From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an.

From Latin chaldaeus [from Ancient Greek Χαλδαῖος (Khaldaîos)] + -an.

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Forms

plural: Chaldeans

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedchaldo

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Chaldean — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto