seven deadly sins

English

Etymology

From Middle English dedly synnes sueyn, vij dedly synnes.

Noun

seven deadly sins pl (plural only)

1. (Catholicism) The cardinal sins enumerated by medieval philosophers and theologians: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).

   Antonyms: seven virtues, capital virtues

Translations

the seven cardinal sins

• Arabic: اَلْخَطَايَا السَّبْعُ الْمُمِيتَةُ (al-ḵaṭāyā s-sabʕu l-mumītatu)
• Armenian: յոթ մահացու մեղքեր pl (yotʻ mahacʻu meġkʻer)

  Old Armenian: եօթն մահուչափ մեղք pl (eōtʻn mahučʻapʻ mełkʻ)

• Breton: seizh pec'hed kapital
• Bulgarian: седемте смъртни гряха (sedemte smǎrtni grjaha)
• Catalan: set pecats capitals m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 七宗罪 (zh) (qī zōng zuì)

• Czech: sedm hlavních hříchů pl
• Danish: syv dødssynder c pl
• Dutch: zeven hoofdzonden c pl
• Esperanto: sep gravegaj pekoj
• Faroese: tær sjey deyðssyndirnar
• Finnish: seitsemän kuolemansyntiä
• French: sept péchés capitaux (fr) m pl
• Georgian: შვიდი მომაკვდინებელი ცოდვა (švidi momaḳvdinebeli codva)
• German: sieben Todsünden f pl
• Greek: επτά θανάσιμα αμαρτήματα (el) n pl (eptá thanásima amartímata)
• Hebrew: שִׁבְעָת קַטְלָנִית חֲטָאִים (shivat qatlanít chataím)
• Hindi: सात घातक पाप m (sāt ghātak pāp)
• Hungarian: hét főbűn (hu)
• Icelandic: dauðasyndirnar sjö m pl (definite)
• Irish: seacht bpeacaí marfacha m pl
• Italian: sette peccati capitali m pl
• Japanese: 七つの大罪 (ja) (ななつのたいざい, nanatsu no taizai)
• Jingpho: si yubak kaba sanit
• Khmer: អំពើបាបដ៏ប្រល័យប្រាំពីរ (ʼɑmpəə baap dɑɑ prɑlay prampii)
• Korean: 일곱 가지 대죄 (ilgop gaji daejoe)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: saligia f, septem peccata mortalia n pl, septem peccata capitalia n pl
• Manx: shiaght peccaghyn baasoiley m pl
• Norwegian: syv dødssynder pl
• Persian: هفت گناه کبیره (haft gonâh-e kabire)
• Polish: siedem grzechów głównych (pl) pl
• Portuguese: sete pecados capitais m pl
• Russian: семь сме́ртных грехо́в (ru) pl (semʹ smértnyx grexóv)
• Samogitian: septīni smėrtėnė griekā
• Scottish Gaelic: seachd peacaidhean-bàis m pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: седам смртних гријеха

  Roman: sedam smrtnih grijeha

• Slovak: sedem hlavných hriechov pl
• Slovene: sedem smrtnih grehov pl
• Spanish: siete pecados capitales m pl
• Swedish: sju dödssynderna (definite plural)
• Tagalog: pitong nakamamatay na kasalanan
• Thai: บาป ๗ ประการ (bàap jèt pràgaan)
• Turkish: yedi ölümcül günah (tr)
• Ukrainian: смертні гріхи pl (smertni hrixy)
• Urdu: سات مہلک گناہ m (sāt mohlik gunāh)
• Vietnamese: bảy mối tội đầu
• Welsh: saith pechod marwol m

See also

• mortal sin
• seven dirty words