prayer

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Pronunciation

Communication with God, act of praying, etc

• (UK) IPA: /pɹɛə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /pr\E@(r\)/
• (US) enPR: prâr, IPA: /pɹɛɹ/, SAMPA: /pr\Er\/

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One who prays

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɹeɪə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"pr\eI.@(r\)/
• (US) enPR: prāʹər, IPA: /ˈpɹeɪəɹ/, SAMPA: /"pr\eI.@r\/

Etymology 1

From Middle English preiere, from Old French priere, proiere, from Medieval Latin precaria, feminine of Latin precarius (“obtained by entreaty”), from precor (“beg, entreat”)

Noun

prayer (plural prayers)

1. A practice of communicating with one's God.

   Through prayer I ask for God's blessings.

2. The act of praying.

   In many cultures, prayer involves singing.

3. The specific words or methods used for praying.

   Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.

4. A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.

   Grandpa never misses a chance to go to prayer.

5. A request; a petition.

   This, your honor, is my prayer; that all here be set free.

Synonyms

• orison, precation

Derived terms

• not have a prayer
• prayer book
• prayer meeting

Translations

practice of communicating with one's God

Albanian: lutje (sq) Arabic: صلاة (ar) (Salaa) f. Aramaic: Syriac: ܨܠܘܬܐ (Ṣlōtā’) f. Hebrew: צלותא (Ṣlōtā’) f., תפילה (he) (tfila) Armenian: աղոթք (hy) (aġot’k’) Belarusian: малітва (be) (malítva) f. Bulgarian: молитва (bg) (molitva) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 祈禱 (cmn), 祈祷 (cmn) (qídǎo) Croatian: molitva (hr) Czech: modlitba (cs) f. Dutch: gebed (nl) n. Finnish: rukous (fi), rukoileminen (fi) French: prière (fr) f. German: Gebet (de) n. Greek: προσευχή (el) (proseuchí) f. Hebrew: תפילה (he) (tfila) Hindi: प्रार्थना (hi) (prārthanā), नमाज़ (hi) (namāz) f. (Islam) Hungarian: ima (hu) Italian: preghiera (it) f., orazione (it) f. Japanese: 祈り (ja) (いのり, inori), 祈祷 (ja) (きとう, kitō) Kazakh: бата (kk) (bata) Kurdish: نوێژ (ku), nivêj (ku) f. Luxembourgish: Gebiet (lb) n.

Macedonian: молитва (mk) (mólitva) f. Navajo: sodizin Norwegian: bønn (no) Pashto: لمونځ (ps) (lmunz) m. Persian: نماز (fa) (namâz) Polish: modlitwa (pl) f., modły (pl) f. pl. Portuguese: oração (pt) Rajasthani: गुजारिस (gujāris) Romanian: rugăciune (ro) Russian: молитва (ru) (molítva) f., (Islam) намаз (ru) (namáz) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мо̀литва (sh) f. Roman: mòlitva (sh) f. Slovak: modlitba (sk) f. Slovene: molitev (sl) f. Spanish: oración (es) f. Swahili: swala (sw) Swedish: bön (sv) Telugu: ప్రార్థన (praarthana) Thai: การอธิษฐาน (th) (gaan àtítsàtăan), การสวดมนต์ (th) (gaan sùatmon), การภาวนา (th) (gaan paawánaa) Turkish: dua (tr) Ukrainian: молитва (uk) (molýtva) f. Urdu: نماز (ur) (namāz) f. Vietnamese: kinh cầu nguyện (vi)

the act of praying

Albanian: lutje (sq) Armenian: աղոթք (hy) (aġot’k’) Catalan: rés (ca) m. Dutch: gebed (nl) n., bidden (nl) n. Esperanto: preĝo (eo) Finnish: rukoileminen (fi) Greek: προσευχή (el) (proseuchí) f. Japanese: 祈り (ja) (いのり, inori) Kazakh: бата (kk) (bata) Kurdish: نوێژ کردن Macedonian: молитва (mk) (mólitva) f., молење (mk) (mólenje) n.

Norwegian: bønn (no) Pashto: لمونځ (ps) (lmunz) m. Polish: modlitwa (pl) f., modły (pl) f. pl. Portuguese: oração (pt) f. Romanian: rugăciune (ro) Russian: молитва (ru) (molítva) f. Serbian: moliti (sr) f. Slovene: molitev (sl) f. Swahili: swali (sw) Swedish: bön (sv) Turkish: dua (tr)

the specific words or methods used for praying

Armenian: աղոթք (hy) (aġot’k’) Dutch: gebed (nl) n. Finnish: rukous (fi) Greek: προσευχή (el) (proseuchí) f. Irish: paidir (ga) f. Kurdish: دوعا, dua f. Macedonian: молитва (mk) (mólitva) f. Norwegian: bønn (no) Pashto: لمونځ (ps) (lmunz) m.

Polish: modlitwa (pl) f. Russian: молитва (ru) (molítva) f. Serbian: molitva (sr) f. Slovene: molitev (sl) f. Spanish: oración (es) f. Swahili: swala (sw) Swedish: bön (sv) Turkish: dua (tr)

a meeting held for the express purpose of praying

Finnish: rukoushetki Greek: προσευχή (el) (proseuchí) f., συμπροσευχή (el) (symproseuchí) f. Kurdish: نوێژ, nivêj f. Macedonian: молитва (mk) (mólitva) f. Norwegian: bønnemøte (no) n. Polish: modlitwa (pl) f., modły (pl) f. pl.

Portuguese: missa (pt), culto (pt) Russian: молебен (ru) (molében) m. Slovene: molitev (sl) f. Swedish: bön (sv), förbön (sv) Turkish: dua (tr)

a request; a petition

Dutch: bede (nl) Finnish: pyyntö (fi) Greek: προσευχή (el) (proseuchí) f., ικεσία (el) (ikesía) f. Macedonian: молба (mk) (mólba) f. Norwegian: bønn (no)

Polish: pragnienie (pl) n. Russian: мольба (mol’bá) f. Serbian: molba (sr) f. Swedish: bön (sv)

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Arabic: صلاة (ṣalāa) f. Serbo-Croatian: molitva f., molba f. Ewe: gbedodoɖa French: prière f., prières f. pl. German: Gebet n. (1,3,4), Beten n. (2), Gottesdienst m. (4), Prediger m. (5) Korean: 빌기 (bilgi)

Kurdish: lava f. Maltese: talba f. Old English: ġebed Persian: نماز (fa) (namaz) Romanian: rugăciune f., rugăciuni f. pl. Scottish Gaelic: ùrnaigh f. Serbian: Cyrillic: молитва f., молба f. Roman: molitva f., molba f. Spanish: rezo, oración Swedish: bön Telugu: ప్రార్థన (praarthana) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Etymology 2

pray + -er

Noun

prayer (plural prayers)

1. One who prays.

   Yep, Grandpa is a real prayer all right.

Translations

one who prays

German: Prediger (de) m. Greek: προσευχόμενος (el) (proseuchómenos) m. Italian: pregatore (it) m. Kurdish: نوێژکه‌ر

Portuguese: orador (pt) m., carola (pt) m. and f. Spanish: orador (es) m., oradora (es) f. Swedish: bedjare (sv), förbedjare (sv)