piety

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪɪti

Noun

piety (countable and uncountable; plural pieties)

1. (uncountable) reverence and devotion to God

   Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.

2. (uncountable) similar reverence to one's parents and family
3. (countable) a devout act or thought

Translations

reverence and devotion to God

Arabic: اسلام (ar) (islām), تقوى (ar) (taqwa) Czech: zbožnost (cs) f. Dutch: vroomheid (nl) Finnish: hurskaus (fi) French: piété (fr) f. German: Frömmigkeit (de) f. Hungarian: vallásosság (hu)

Italian: pietà (it) Japanese: 篤信 (ja) (とくしん, tokushin) Polish: pobożność (pl) f. Romanian: evlavie (ro), pietate (ro) Russian: набожность (ru) (nabožnost'), благочестие (ru) (blagočéstije) n. Scottish Gaelic: cràbhadh (gd) m. Spanish: piedad (es) f.

reverence to one's family

Arabic: بر (ar) (Berr) Finnish: kunnioitus (fi)

German: Pietät (de) f. Japanese: 敬愛 (ja) (けいあい, kēai)

devout act or thought

Arabic: تقى (ar) (Toqa)

Hungarian: áhitat (hu)

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Mandarin: 虔誠, 虔诚 French: piété f. Greek: ευσέβεια f. Italian: pietà f.

Korean: 경건 Spanish: piedad f.

Derived terms

• filial piety

Related terms

• pious
• pietà