supplication

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/

Noun

supplication (countable and uncountable, plural supplications)

1. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
2. A prayer or entreaty to a god.
3. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.

Translations

an act of supplicating

• French: supplication (fr) f
• German: Flehen n, Bitte (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἱκετεία f (hiketeía)

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• Hebrew: הִתְחַנְּנוּת f
• Persian: لابه (fa) (lâbe)
• Russian: про́сьба (ru) f (prósʹba), мольба́ (ru) f (molʹbá)

a prayer

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: գութ (gutʻ)

• Greek:

  Ancient: ἱκετεία f (hiketeía)

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• Hebrew: תַּחֲנוּן (he) m
• Persian: لابه (fa) (lâbe)
• Russian: моли́тва (ru) f (molítva), мольба́ (ru) f (molʹbá)

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French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

supplication f (plural supplications)

1. supplication

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