proverb

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Noun

proverb (plural proverbs)

1. A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.

Synonyms

• (phrase expressing a basic truth): adage, apothegm, byword, maxim, paroemia, saw, byspel, saying, sententia
• See also Wikisaurus:saying

Derived terms

Terms derived from "proverb"

proverbial

proverbiology

proverbs hunt in pairs

Translations

phrase expressing a basic truth

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: مَثَلٌ (máθal) m., حكمة (ħíkma) f. Armenian: առած (hy) (aṙaç), ասացվածք (hy) (asac'vaçk) Basque: please add this translation if you can Catalan: proverbi (ca) m., dita (ca) f., refrany (ca) m., parèmia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 箴言 (zh) (zhēnyán), 諺語 (zh), 谚语 (zh) (yànyǔ) Croatian: poslovica (hr) f. Czech: přísloví (cs) n. Danish: ordsprog (da) n. Dutch: spreekwoord (nl) n., gezegde (nl) n. Esperanto: proverbo (eo), sentenco (eo) Estonian: vanasõna (et) Finnish: sananlasku (fi), sanonta (fi) French: proverbe (fr) m. Georgian: ანდაზა (ka) (andaza) German: Sprichwort n., Denkspruch m. Greek: παροιμία (el) f. Hebrew: פתגם (he) m. Hindi: लोकोक्ति Hungarian: közmondás (hu) Ido: proverbo Indonesian: pribahasa Italian: proverbio (it) m. Japanese: 諺 (ことわざ kotowaza), 格言 (かくげん kakugen) Korean: 속담 (sokdam) Latin: sententia f., proverbium n. Latvian: sakãmvards, sakāmvārds (lv) m.

Lithuanian: patarlė (lt) f. Low Saxon: Snacks Luxembourgish: Sprachwuert Macedonian: поговорка (mk) (pogóvorka) f., изрека (mk) (ízreka) f., пословица (mk) (poslóvica) f. Malay: peribahasa Maori: rārangi whakataukī Mongolian: зүйр цэцэн үг (mn) (züyr cecen üg) Norwegian: ordtak (no) Old English: please add this translation if you can Ossetian: æмбисонд Persian: ضربالمثل Polish: przysłowie (pl) n. Portuguese: provérbio (pt) m. Romanian: proverb (ro) n., proverbe (ro) n. pl. Russian: пословица (ru) (poslóvitsa) f., поговорка (ru) (pogovórka) f. Scottish Gaelic: seanfhacal (gd) m. Serbian: poslovica (sr) f. Slovak: príslovie (sk) n. Spanish: proverbio (es) m. Swahili: methali (sw) Swedish: ordspråk (sv) n. Tamil: பழமொழி (ta) (paḻamoḻi) Thai: ภาษิต (th) (paasìt) Turkish: atasözü (tr) Volapük: spiket (vo), (older term) pükedavöd (vo) Welsh: dihareb (cy) f. Yiddish: שפּריכוואָרט (shprikhvort) n., וועלצווערטל (veltsvertl) n.

See also

• Category:English proverbs

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Romanian

Noun

proverb

1. saying (proverb or maxim)

This Romanian entry was created from the translations listed at saying. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see proverb in the Romanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2010