Meanings
adjectiveShiite (not comparable)
alternative Shi'ite · alternative Shīʻite
- not comparableOf or relating to the Shi'a.
nounShiite (plural Shiites)
plural Shiites · alternative Shi'ite · alternative Shīʻite
- A member of the Shi'a.
Synonyms: Shi'i Muslim, Shi'i, Shi'a Muslim, Shi'a, rafidi
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA member of the Shi'a.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
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Origin
Translations
Arabic شِيعِيّ, شِيعِيّ
- شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy)of or pertaining to the Shi'a
- شِيعِيّ (šīʕiyy)member of the Shi'a
- شِيعِيَّة (šīʕiyya)member of the Shi'a
Bengali শিয়া
- শিয়া (śiẏa)member of the Shi'a
Catalan xiïta, xiïta
- xiïtaof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- xiïtamember of the Shi'a
Chinese Mandarin 什葉 /什叶, 什葉 /什叶
- 什葉 /什叶 (shíyè)of or pertaining to the Shi'a
- 什葉 /什叶 (shíyè)member of the Shi'a
Czech šíita
- šíitamember of the Shi'a
Danish shiitisk, shia
- shiitiskof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- shiamember of the Shi'a
- shiitmember of the Shi'a
Dutch sjiitisch, sjiitische
- sjiitischof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- sjiitischeof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- sjiietmember of the Shi'a
Esperanto ŝijaano, ŝijaisto
- ŝijaanomember of the Shi'a
- ŝijaistomember of the Shi'a
Finnish shiialainen, šiia
- shiialainenof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- šiiamember of the Shi'a
- shiiamember of the Shi'a
- shiialainenmember of the Shi'a
French chiite, chiite
- chiiteof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- chiitemember of the Shi'a
German schiitisch, Schiit
- schiitischof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- Schiitmember of the Shi'a
- Schiitinmember of the Shi'a
Hebrew שיעי
- שיעיmember of the Shi'a
Hindi शिया
- शिया (śiyā)member of the Shi'a
Hungarian síita, síita
- síitaof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- síitamember of the Shi'a
Italian sciita, sciita
- sciitaof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- sciitamember of the Shi'a
Japanese シーア, シーイー
- シーア (shīa)of or pertaining to the Shi'a
- シーイー (shīī)of or pertaining to the Shi'a
- シーア (shīa)member of the Shi'a
- シーイー (shīī)member of the Shi'a
Persian شیعی, شیعی
- شیعی (ši'i)of or pertaining to the Shi'a
- شیعی (ši'i)member of the Shi'a
Polish szyicki, szyita
- szyickiof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- szyitamember of the Shi'a
- szyitkamember of the Shi'a
Portuguese xiita, xiita
- xiitaof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- xiitamember of the Shi'a
Romanian șiit, șiită
- șiitmember of the Shi'a
- șiitămember of the Shi'a
Russian шии́тский, шии́т
- шии́тский (šiítskij)of or pertaining to the Shi'a
- шии́т (šiít)member of the Shi'a
Spanish shiita, chiita
- shiitaof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- chiitaof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- chiítamember of the Shi'a
- shiitamember of the Shi'a
Swedish shiitisk
- shiitiskof or pertaining to the Shi'a
Turkish Şii, Şii
- Şiiof or pertaining to the Shi'a
- Şiimember of the Shi'a
Cite this entry
APA
Shiite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shiite
MLA
“Shiite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shiite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shiite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shiite.
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