preach

English

Etymology

Middle English prechen, from Old French precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Verb

preach (third-person singular simple present preaches, present participle preaching, simple past and past participle preached)

1. Give a sermon.
2. Advocate or support verbally in an insisting, urging, or inciting manner.

See also

• praught

Translations

Give a sermon

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: خطب (khṭab)

• Armenian: քարոզել (hy) (kʿarozel)
• Czech: kázat (cs)
• Dutch: verkondigen (nl), preken (nl), prediken (nl)
• Esperanto: prediki (eo)
• Finnish: saarnata (fi)
• French: prêcher (fr)
• German: predigen (de)
• Hungarian: prédikál (hu)

• Icelandic: predika (is)
• Luxembourgish: priedegen (lb)
• Macedonian: проповеда (mk) (propóveda)
• Romani:

  Kalo Finnish Romani: rakkavaa deevelesko lau, rikkavaa preediika

• Russian: проповедовать (ru) (propovedovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: searmonaich (gd)
• Swedish: predika (sv)
• Walloon: pretchî (wa)

Advocate or support verbally in an insisting, urging, or inciting manner

• Armenian: քարոզել (hy) (kʿarozel)
• Czech: kázat (cs)
• Finnish: saarnata (fi)
• German: predigen (de)
• Hungarian: prédikál (hu)

• Icelandic: predika (is)
• Macedonian: проповеда (mk) (propóveda)
• Swedish: predika (sv)
• Walloon: pretchî (wa), pirlodjî (wa)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: проповядвам

Related terms

• practice what you preach
• preach to the choir
• preach to the converted

Noun

preach (plural preaches)

1. (obsolete) A religious discourse.

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