Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Litvak

American  
[lit-vahk] / ˈlɪt vɑk /

noun

  1. a Jew from Lithuania or a neighboring country or region.


Etymology

Origin of Litvak

1890–95; < Yiddish litvak < Polish litwak Lithuanian person (now obsolete in this sense), derivative of Litwa Lithuania

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

But Sokolov and Litvak leave these few real-world thematic threads dangling as they have bigger fish to fry — or pigs to roast.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Mr. Sokolov and co-writer Alex Litvak barely bother with scratching out the crudest imaginable dialogue, which is unfortunate because they fancy themselves the creators of a sociopolitical satire along the lines of “Get Out.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Daniel Litvak was detained on Thursday as part of an investigation into how citizenship had been granted.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2022

The Porto centre, where Litvak is the rabbi, was responsible for Abramovich's process.

From Reuters Mar. 11, 2022

Igor Litvak, his lawyer, told The Washington Times he believes the 30-month sentence his client received was too steep.

From Washington Times May 25, 2021

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training