devotion

See also: dévotion

English

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Etymology

From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum +‎ -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō ‎(“vow, devote”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvəʊʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvoʊʃən/

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Noun

devotion ‎(usually uncountable, plural devotions)

1. (uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.
2. (uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication
3. (uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.
4. (countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)

Translations

the act or state of devoting or being devoted

• Bulgarian: преданост (bg) ‎(predanost)
• Finnish: omistautuminen, omistautuneisuus
• Greek: ευλάβεια (el) f ‎(evláveia)
• Hindi: भक्ति ‎(bhakti), निष्ठा ‎(niṣṭhā)
• Kannada: ಮುಡಿಪು (kn) ‎(muḍipu)
• Latin: dēvōtiō f
• Oriya: ଭକ୍ତି (or) ‎(bhakti)
• Polish: poświęcenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: devoção (pt) f
• Romanian: devotament (ro) n, devotare f, devoțiune (ro) f

• Russian: посвяще́ние (ru) n ‎(posvjaščénije), пре́данность (ru) f ‎(prédannostʹ) (loyalty)
• Sanskrit: निष्ठा ‎(niṣṭhā), भक्ति ‎(bhakti)
• Serbo-Croatian: predanost f, posvećenost f
• Spanish: devoción (es) f
• Tagalog: devotion
• Telugu: భక్తి (te) ‎(bhakti)
• Turkish: fedakarlık, özveri (tr)
• Urdu: بھکتی ‎(bhakti)

feelings of strong or fervent affection; dedication

• Bulgarian: привързаност (bg) ‎(privǎrzanost), вярност (bg) ‎(vjarnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奉獻, 奉献 (zh) ‎(fèngxiàn)

• Finnish: omistautuminen
• French: dévouement (fr) m
• German: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: oddanie (pl) n, przywiązanie n

• Portuguese: devoção (pt) f, dedicação (pt) f
• Romanian: dedicare (ro) f
• Russian: пре́данность (ru) f ‎(prédannostʹ), приве́рженность (ru) f ‎(privéržennostʹ), целеустремлённость (ru) f ‎(celeustremljónnostʹ) (sense of purpose), ве́рность (ru) f ‎(vérnostʹ) (loyalty)
• Spanish: devoción (es) f, dedicación f
• Telugu: భక్తి (te) ‎(bhakti)
• Turkish: bağlılık (tr)
• Vietnamese: hiến dâng

religious veneration, zeal, or piety

• Bulgarian: набожност (bg) ‎(nabožnost)
• Esperanto: pieco
• Finnish: hurskaus, omistautuminen
• French: dévotion (fr)
• Greek: αφοσίωση (el) f ‎(afosíosi)
• Irish: crábhadh m, cráifeacht f
• Latin: dēvōtiō f
• Polish: pobożność (pl) f

• Portuguese: devoção (pt) f, fervor (pt) m
• Russian: пре́данность (ru) f ‎(prédannostʹ), благоче́стие (ru) n ‎(blagočéstije) (piety), на́божность (ru) f ‎(nábožnostʹ) (piety)
• Spanish: devoción (es) f, fervor m
• Vietnamese: mộ đạo, sùng bái (vi)

ecclesiastical: a prayer

• Bulgarian: молитви (bg) ‎(molitvi)
• Polish: modlitwa (pl)

• Russian: моли́тва (ru) f ‎(molítva)
• Spanish: veneración (es) f

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Middle French

Noun

devotion f (plural devotions)

1. devotion (quality of being devoted)