deity

English

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Etymology

From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās, from deus (“god”), from*dẹ̄os, from Old Latin deiuos, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós , o-stem derivative from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”), from *dei- ‘to shine’

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdiːɪti/, /ˈdeɪɪti/

• More traditional pronunciation (UK)

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• Alternative pronunciation (UK)

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Noun

deity (plural deities)

1. The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead. [from 14th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.10:

     Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee.

2. A divine being; a god or goddess. [from 14th c.]

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:god

Derived terms

• household deity

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to deity

deicide

deify

Translations

essential nature of a god, divinity

• Belarusian: боскасць (be) (bóskascʹ) f
• Bulgarian: божественост (bg) (božéstvenost) f
• Catalan: deïtat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神威 (cmn) (shénwēi), 神力 (cmn) (shénlì), 神性 (cmn) (shénxìng)

• Czech: božství (cs) n
• Dutch: godheid (nl) f
• Estonian: jumalus (et)
• Finnish: jumaluus (fi)
• French: déité (fr) f, divinité (fr) f
• German: Gottheit (de) f
• Greek: θεότητα (el) (theótita) f
• Hebrew: אלוהות (he) (elohút) f
• Italian: divinità (it) f, deità (it) f
• Japanese: 神性 (ja) (しんせい, shinsei)

• Khmer: ទេវ (km) (de va)
• Latin: deitas (la) f
• Macedonian: божественост (mk) (bóžestvenost) f
• Malay: ketuhanan (ms), kedewaan (ms)
• Norwegian: guddom (no) m
• Polish: bóstwo (pl) n, boskość (pl) f
• Portuguese: divindade (pt) f, deidade (pt)
• Romanian: divinitate (ro) f
• Russian: божественность (ru) (božéstvennostʹ) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: божанственост (sh) f

  Roman: božanstvenost (sh) f

• Slovak: božstvo (sk) n
• Slovene: božanstvo (sl) n, božanskost (sl) f
• Spanish: deidad (es) f, divinidad (es) f
• Ukrainian: божественність (uk) (božéstvennistʹ) f

a powerful entity that possesses numerous miraculous powers

• Bulgarian: божество (bg) (božestvo) n
• Catalan: deïtat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神 (cmn) (shén), 神明 (cmn) (shénmíng)

• Czech: božstvo (cs) n
• Dutch: godheid (nl) f
• Finnish: jumala (fi), jumalatar (fi), jumalolento (fi)
• French: déité (fr) f
• German: Gott (de) m, Gottheit (de) f
• Greek: θεότητα (el) (theótita) f
• Hebrew: אלוהים (he) (elohím), אל (he) (él) m sg
• Italian: divinità (it) f

• Macedonian: божество (mk) (bóžestvo) n
• Malay: tuhan (ms), dewa (ms) m, dewi (ms) f
• Norwegian: gud (no) m
• Polish: bóstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: deus (pt) m, deusa (pt) f, divindade (pt) f
• Romanian: dumnezeu (ro) f, divinitate (ro) f
• Russian: божество (ru) (božestvó) n
• Slovak: božstvo (sk) n
• Slovene: božanstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: dios (es) m, diosa (es) f, deidad (es) f, divinidad (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Hungarian: istenség (hu)
• Kannada: ದೇವ (kn) (deeva)
• Korean: 신성 (ko)

• Persian: ایزد (fa) (izad)
• Romanian: zeitate (ro) f
• Slovak: (1, 2) božstvo (sk) n, (2) bôžik (sk) m
• Telugu: దైవం (te) (daivaM)

See also

• cosmocrat
• deism
• god
• godliness
• theism

Anagrams

• diety