deity

English

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Etymology

From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːɪti/, /ˈdeɪɪti/

• More traditional pronunciation (UK)

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• Alternative pronunciation (UK)

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Noun

deity (plural deities)

1. The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead. [from 14th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.10:

     Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee.

2. A divine being; a god or goddess. [from 14th c.]

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:god

Derived terms

• household deity

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to deity

deicide

deify

Translations

essential nature of a god, divinity

• Belarusian: боскасць f (bóskascʹ)
• Bulgarian: божественост f (božéstvenost)
• Catalan: deïtat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神威 (zh) (shénwēi), 神力 (zh) (shénlì), 神性 (zh) (shénxìng)

• Czech: božství n
• Dutch: godheid (nl) f
• Estonian: jumalus
• Finnish: jumaluus (fi)
• French: déité (fr) f, divinité (fr) f
• German: Gottheit (de) f
• Greek: θεότητα (el) f (theótita)
• Hebrew: אלוהות f (elohút)
• Italian: divinità (it) f, deità f
• Japanese: 神性 (しんせい, shinsei)

• Khmer: ទេវ (km) (de va)
• Latin: deitas f
• Macedonian: божественост f (bóžestvenost)
• Malay: ketuhanan, kedewaan
• Norwegian: guddom m
• Polish: bóstwo (pl) n, boskość (pl) f
• Portuguese: divindade (pt) f, deidade (pt)
• Romanian: divinitate (ro) f
• Russian: божественность (ru) f (božéstvennostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: божанственост f

  Roman: božanstvenost f

• Slovak: božstvo n
• Slovene: božanstvo (sl) n, božanskost f
• Spanish: deidad (es) f, divinidad (es) f
• Ukrainian: божественність (uk) f (božéstvennistʹ)

a powerful entity that possesses numerous miraculous powers

• Bulgarian: божество (bg) n (božestvo)
• Catalan: deïtat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神 (zh) (shén), 神明 (zh) (shénmíng)

• Czech: božstvo n
• Dutch: godheid (nl) f
• Finnish: jumala (fi), jumalatar (fi), jumalolento
• French: déité (fr) f
• German: Gott (de) m, Gottheit (de) f
• Greek: θεότητα (el) f (theótita)
• Hebrew: אלוהים (he) (elohím), אל (he) m (él)
• Italian: divinità (it) f

• Japanese: 神仏 (ja) (shin'butsu)
• Latvian: dievība f
• Macedonian: божество n (bóžestvo)
• Malay: tuhan, dewa m, dewi f
• Norwegian: gud (no) m
• Polish: bóstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: deus (pt) m, deusa (pt) f, divindade (pt) f
• Romanian: dumnezeu (ro) f, divinitate (ro) f
• Russian: божество (ru) n (božestvó)
• Slovak: božstvo n
• Slovene: božanstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: dios (es) m, diosa (es) f, deidad (es) f, divinidad (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Hungarian: istenség (hu)
• Kannada: ದೇವ (kn) (deeva)
• Korean: 신성 (ko) (sinseong)

• Persian: ایزد (fa) (izad)
• Romanian: zeitate (ro) f
• Slovak: (1, 2) božstvo n, (2) bôžik m
• Telugu: దైవం (te) (daivaM)

See also

• cosmocrat
• deism
• god
• godliness
• theism

Anagrams

• diety