purgatory

English

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Etymology

From Latin purgātōrium (“cleansing”). Cognate to English purge.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈpɚɡəˌtɔri/

Noun

purgatory (countable and uncountable; plural purgatories)

1. (theology) In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven
2. any situation causing suffering

Derived terms

• purgatorial

Translations

stage of the afterlife in Catholic theology

• Albanian: purgator (sq) m
• Arabic: مطهر (ar) (máThar) m
• Armenian: քավարան (hy) (k’avaran)
• Basque: garbitoki (eu)
• Belarusian: чысьцец (be) (čys'cec) m
• Bulgarian: чистилище (bg) (čistílište) n
• Catalan: purgatori (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煉獄 (cmn), 炼狱 (cmn) (liànyù)

• Czech: očistec (cs) m
• Danish: skærsild (da) c
• Dutch: vagevuur (nl)
• Esperanto: purgatorio (eo)
• Estonian: puhastustuli (et), purgatoorium (et)
• Finnish: kiirastuli (fi)
• French: purgatoire (fr)
• Galician: purgatorio (gl) m
• German: Fegefeuer (de) n, Fegfeuer (de) n, (rare) Purgatorium (de)
• Greek: καθαρτήριο (el) (kathartério)
• Hebrew: כור המצרף (he)
• Hungarian: purgatórium (hu)

• Icelandic: hreinsunareldur (is) m
• Italian: purgatorio (it) m
• Japanese: 煉獄 (ja) (れんごく, rengoku)
• Korean: 연옥 (ko) (yeon-ok) (煉獄 (ko))
• Lithuanian: skaistykla (lt)
• Macedonian: чистилиште (mk) (čistílište) n
• Norwegian: skjærsilden (no), purgatoriet (no)
• Polish: czyściec (pl) m
• Portuguese: purgatório (pt) m
• Romanian: purgatoriu (ro) n
• Russian: чистилище (ru) (čistílišče) n
• Serbo-Croatian: чистилиште (sh) n, čistilište (sh) n
• Slovak: očistec (sk) m
• Slovene: vice (sl)
• Spanish: purgatorio (es) m
• Swedish: skärselden (sv)
• Tagalog: purgatoryo (tl)
• Ukrainian: чистилище (uk) (čystýlyšče) n
• Volapük: purgator (vo)

situation causing suffering

• Czech: očistec (cs) m
• Dutch: vagevuur (nl)

• Portuguese: suplício (pt) m

See also

• heaven
• hell
• limbo

Adjective

purgatory (comparative more purgatory, superlative most purgatory)

1. Tending to cleanse; expiatory.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)