English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Middle French superstition (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin superstitio
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˌs(j)uː.pə(ɹ)ˈstɪ.ʃən/ , /ˌs(j)u.pə(ɹ)ˈstɪ.ʃn̩/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃən/ , /ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃn̩/ Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun
superstition (countable and uncountable plural superstitions
A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way.
( archaic ) nicety ; overscrupulousness .
Derived terms
Translations
a belief that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way
Albanian: supersticion m besëtytni (sq) f
Arabic: خُرَافَة (ar) f ( ḵurāfa )
Armenian: սնահավատություն (hy) ( snahavatutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: mövhumat xurafat
Basque: sineskeria
Belarusian: забабо́ны m pl ( zababóny )
Bengali: কুসংস্কার (bn) ( kuśoṅskar )
Bulgarian: суеве́рие (bg) n ( suevérie )
Burmese: အယူသည်းခြင်း ( a.yusany:hkrang: )
Catalan: superstició f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 迷信 (zh) ( míxìn )
Cornish: hegoledh m
Czech: pověra (cs) f
Danish: overtro
Dutch: bijgeloof (nl) n
Estonian: ebausk
Finnish: taikausko (fi)
French: superstition (fr) f
Georgian: ცრურწმენა ( crurc̣mena )
German: Aberglaube (de) m
Greek: δεισιδαιμονία (el) f ( deisidaimonía )
Hebrew: אֱמוּנָה תְּפֵלָה (he) f ( emuná t'felá )
Hindi: अंधविश्वास (hi) m ( andhviśvās )
Hungarian: babona (hu)
Icelandic: hjátrú f hindurvitni (is) n hégilja f bábilja f
Indonesian: takhayul (id) , khurafat (id)
Italian: superstizione (it) f
Japanese: 迷信 (ja) ( めいしん, meishin )
Kalmyk: йор ( yor )
Kazakh: ырым ( yrym ) , ырымшылдық ( yrymşyldyq )
Khmer: អប្បិយជំនឿ ( ʼɑɑpbəycumnɨə )
Korean: 미신 (ko) ( misin ) (迷信 (ko) )
Kyrgyz: ырым-жырым (ky) ( ırım-jırım )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latin: superstitio f
Latvian: māņticība
Lithuanian: prietaras m
Luxembourgish: Awerglawen (lb) m Awerglaf m
Macedonian: суеверие n ( sueverie )
Maltese: superstizzjoni f
Maori: whakataputaputanga
Mongolian: мухар сүсэг ( muxar süseg )
Norman: supèrstition f
Norwegian: overtru
Persian: خرافه ( xorâfe ) , موهومات (fa) ( mouhumât )
Polish: przesąd (pl) m zabobon (pl) m
Portuguese: superstição (pt) f
Russian: суеве́рие (ru) n ( sujevérije ) , пристра́стие (ru) n ( pristrástije ) , предрассу́док (ru) m ( predrassúdok ) , пове́рье (ru) n ( povérʹje )
Scottish Gaelic: saobh-chràbhadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: празноверје n празновјерје n празноверица f празновјерица f сујеверје n сујевјерје n
Roman: prȁznovjērje (sh) n praznòvjerica (sh) f sȕjevjērje (sh) n
Slovak: povera f
Slovene: praznoverje n vraževerje n
Spanish: superstición (es) f
Swedish: skrock (sv) , vidskepelse (sv) c
Tagalog: pamahiin
Tajik: хурофот ( xurofot ) , мавҳумат ( mavhumat )
Thai: ไสยศาสตร์ ( sǎi-yá-sàat ) , ไสยเวท ความเชื่องมงาย ความเชื่อโชคลาง
Turkish: batıl inanç (tr) , hurafe (tr)
Ukrainian: забобо́н m ( zabobón )
Urdu: خرافت f ( xurāfat )
Uzbek: irim (uz) , xurofot (uz) , irim-chirim (uz)
Vietnamese: mê tín (vi) (迷信 sự mê tín (vi)
Volapük: lukred (vo)
Walloon: doûce creyance (wa) f
Welsh: ofergoel f
Westrobothnian: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin superstitiō
Pronunciation
Noun
superstition f plural superstitions
superstition
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