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see|he�ll|Hell
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Alternative spellings
sense|Christianity|place where devils live and where sinners are punished after death Hell

Pronunciation
enPR|hel, IPA|/h�l/, SAMPA|/hEl/
audio|en-us-hell.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
OE. term|hel, term|helle||nether world, abode of the dead < PG. *term||khaljo|nether world, concealed place < PIE. *term||kel-|to cover, conceal, save.

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death.
2. Christianity|uncountable The place where devils live and where sinners are punished after death.

#: May you rot in hell!
#* 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
#*: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
#* 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
#*: Hell is a strait and dark and foul-smelling prison, an abode of demons and lost souls, filled with fire and smoke.

Antonyms
sense|Christianity|uncountable|place where devils live and where sinners are punished after death Heaven

Translations
trans-top|where sinners go
Arabic: t-|ar|ا��ار|m|tran-n�r|scARchar
Aramaic:

Bosnian: t-|bs|pakao|m, t-|bs|džehenem|m
Chinese: �� / �� (dìyù)
Croatian: t-|hr|pakao|m
Czech: t-|cs|peklo|n
Danish: helvede
Dutch: t+|nl|hel
Esperanto: t-|eo|infero|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|põrgu
Faroese: t-|fo|helviti|n|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|helvetti
French: t+|fr|enfer|m
Frisian: hel
German: t+|de|Hölle|f
Greek: κ�λα�η kólasi) f, άδη� (áðis) m, �ά��α�α (tártara) n|p, (slang) αγ��ι��ο� (ayíristos) m
Hebrew: ���נ��|�ֵּ��ִנּ�ֹ� (ge'henom) m|f
Hindi: नर�� (narka), �हन�नम (jahannam) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|pokol, t-|hu|dzsehennem, t-|hu|csehenem
Icelandic: t-|is|helviti|n
Indonesian: t+|id|neraka|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: inferno
Italian: t+|it|inferno|m
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Japanese: �� (���, jigoku), �� (���, makai)
Korean: �� (jihok)
Kurdish: t+|ku|ج���������|sc=KUchar
Latin: infernum n
Latvian: t-|lv|elle|f|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: pragaras m
Marathi: नर�� (narka)
Norwegian: t-|no|helvete|n
Old Church Slavonic: tø|cu|ад�|m|tradŭ|scCyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic
Old Norse: helviti n
Persian: fa-Arab|د�زخ (duzakh)
Polish: t-|pl|piek�o|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|inferno|m
Russian: t+|ru|ад|m|trad|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: Ifrinn f
Serbian

Slovak: t-|sk|peklo|n
Spanish: t+|es|infierno|m
Swedish: t-|sv|helvete|n
Telugu: నర�� (narakaM)
Turkish: t+|tr|cehennem
Urdu: ur-Arab|ج��� (jahannam) m
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Related terms
rel-top
as hell
for the hell of it
hell and half of Georgia
hell on earth
hell on wheels
hella
hellagood
hell-fire
hell for leather
the hell
rel-mid
the hell out of
the hell with it
hellish
hell on wheels
hell's delight|hell�s delight
hellspawn
living hell
to hell with
what the hell
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Noun
en-noun

1. countable A place or situation of great suffering in life.

#: My new boss is making my job a hell.
#* 1879, General William T. Sherman, commencement address at the Michigan Military Academy
#*: There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.

1. countable A place for gambling.

#* 1907, w:Joseph Conrad|Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
#: ... the air of moral nihilism common to keepers of gambling hells and disorderly houses; ...

Translations
trans-top|place of suffering in life
Dutch: t+|nl|hel
Esperanto: t-|eo|infero|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|helvetti
French: t+|fr|enfer|m
Frisian: hel
German: t+|de|Hölle|f
Greek: t-|el|κ�λα�η|f|trkólasi|scGrek, t-|el|κολα��ή�ιο|n|trkolastírio|scGrek, t-|el|�ά��α�α|n|p|trtártara|scGrek
Hungarian: t+|hu|pokol
Indonesian: t+|id|neraka|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: inferno
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Japanese: �� (���, jigoku)
Latvian: t-|lv|elle|f|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: pragaras m
Norwegian: t-|no|helvete|n
Persian: FAchar|ج��� (jahannam)
Polish: t-|pl|piek�o|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|inferno|m
Russian: t+|ru|ад|m|trad|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: Ifrinn f
Serbian

Slovak: t-|sk|peklo|n
Spanish: t+|es|infierno|m
Swedish: t-|sv|helvete|n
Telugu: నర�� (narakaM)
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Interjection
infl|en|interjection

1. context|not polite Used to express negative discontent.

#: Oh, hell! I got another parking ticket.

1. context|not polite Used to emphasize.

#: Hell, yeah!

See also
damn
heck

Category:Death
Category:English swear words

Albanian

Noun
hell m

1. skewer
2. icicle

Category:Albanian nouns

Estonian

Adjective
hell

1. tender

Category:Estonian adjectives

German

Adjective
infl|de|adjective|comparative|heller|superlative|hellest

1. clear, bright, light

Old English

Etymology
Common Germanic *term||haljo

Compare to halo, an effect of light, and hell, German for "light".

Noun
infl|ang|noun|gender=f

1. Hell

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