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 or praught)

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

See also

• praught

Translations

Give a sermon

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) Kalo Finnish Romani: rakkavaa deevelesko lau, rikkavaa preediika Luxembourgish: priedegen (lb) Russian: проповедовать (ru) Scottish Gaelic: searmonaich (gd) Swedish: predika (sv)

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) Swedish: predika (sv)

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Bulgarian: проповядвам

Related terms

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