Khiloni (חילוני) means secular in Hebrew.
It can also mean irreligious. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
secular, irreligious
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Khiloni.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אדם אשר אינו מקיים אורח חיים דתי.
- 2שאיננו קשור לדת.
- 3לשון חז"לזר, שאיננו כוהן.
The word Khiloni is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- חִלּוֹנִי
- Written without vowel points
- חילוני
- Said
- khiloni
- Root
- ח־ל־ל
- Pattern
- קִטְלוֹנִי
- Plural
- חִלּוֹנִים או חִלּונִיִּים
- Feminine form
- חִלּוֹנִית
- Inflections
- ר' חִלּוֹנִים או חִלּונִיִּים; נ' חִלּוֹנִית, נ"ר חִלּוֹנִיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 114
This is how Khiloni is said in other languages.
- English
- secular, irreligious
- Arabic
- علماني
- Russian
- светский, мирской
- French
- séculier, laïque
- Spanish
- seglar, laico, irreligioso
- German
- säkular, weltlich
- Yiddish
- וועלטליכער, סעקולאַר, פֿרײַער
These words mean nearly the same as Khiloni.
- חופשיfree
- זר
- סקולרי
- אזרחיcivilian
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Khiloni.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Khiloni.
The word Khiloni comes from the root ח־ל־ל, like these words.
These words come before and after Khiloni in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khiloni.
What does Khiloni (חילוני) mean in Hebrew?
Khiloni (חילוני) means secular and irreligious. It is said khiloni, with the stress on ni.
What is a synonym for Khiloni (חילוני)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Khiloni (חילוני) are חופשי, זר, סקולרי, and אזרחי.
What is the opposite of Khiloni (חילוני)?
Words that mean the opposite of Khiloni (חילוני) are דתי, חרדי, כוהן, תורני, and סקרלי.
What rhymes with Khiloni (חילוני)?
Words that rhyme with Khiloni (חילוני) include מיני, עני, שני, קיצוני, אני, and צמחוני.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חלוני of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.