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Etymology
Old English �þ

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-oath.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��θ|-��θ

Noun
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1. A solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contract

#* 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: <http://www.classicallibrary.org/aristotle/metaphysics/>. Book 1, Part 3.
#*: for they made Ocean and Tethys the parents of creation, and described the oath of the gods as being by water,

1. the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an oath
2. A light or insulting use of a solemn pledge or promise to a god, king or another person, to attest to the truth of a statement or contractthe name of a deity in a profanity, as in swearing oaths
3. a curse
4. legal An affirmation of the truth of a statement.

Translations
trans-top|solemn pledge
Albanian: t-|sq|be|xs=Albanian
Arabic: Arab|�س� IPAchar|(qásam) m
Bosnian: t-|bs|zakletva|f, t-|bs|prisega|f
Catalan: jurament m
Chinese: �� (shìcí)
Czech: t-|cs|p�ísaha|f
Dutch: t+|nl|eed|m
Esperanto: ĵuro
Finnish: t-|fi|vala
French: t-|fr|serment|m
German: t+|de|Eid|m, t-|de|Schwur|m
Greek: t+|el|��κο�|m|trórkos|scGrek
Hungarian: eskü
Italian: giuramento m ref|1
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Japanese: �� (���, chikai), �� (����, seiyaku)
Korean: 맹� (maengse)
Kurdish: t|ku|sond f, t|ku|êqîn f, qesem f, t+|ku|soz, KUchar|س���
Norwegian: t-|no|ed|m
Polish: przysi�ga f
Portuguese: t+|pt|juramento|m, t+|pt|promessa|f
Russian: t+|ru|п�и��га|f|trprisjága|scCyrl
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|prisega|f
Spanish: t-|es|juramento|m
Swedish: t-|sv|ed|c
Telugu: ప�రమాణ� (pramaaNaM)
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trans-top|affirmed statement
Bosnian: t-|bs|zakletva|f, t-|bs|prisega|f
Chinese: �� (shìyán)
Dutch: t+|nl|eed|m
Finnish: t-|fi|lupaus
French: t-|fr|serment|m
German: t+|de|Eid|m
Greek: ��κο� (órkos) m
Italian: giuramento m ref|2
Japanese: 宣� (����, sensei)
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Kurdish: t+|ku|soz|f, t+|ku|ehd|f
Norwegian: t-|no|ed|m
Russian: кл��ва (kljátva) f
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|prisega|f
Swedish: t-|sv|ed|c
Telugu: ప�రమాణ� (pramaaNaM)
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trans-top|profanity
Bosnian: t-|bs|psovka|f
Finnish: t+|fi|kirosana
German: t+|de|Fluch|m
Italian: bestemmia f ref|3
Kurdish: t+|ku|dijûn|f, t+|ku|xeber|f, t+|ku|sixêf|f
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Russian: t+|ru|п�окл��ие|n|trprokljátije|scCyrl
Serbian:

Swedish: ed#Swedish|ed c, svordom c
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curse

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: �� (shìyán)
ttbc|Indonesian: sumpah
ttbc|Korean: �� (seonseo)
ttbc|Spanish: juramento m

Derived terms
oathbound
oathbreaker

Related terms
bloody oath (Australian slang)
fucken oath (Australian slang)
legal:affidavit
legal:perjury

Verb
en-verb

1. (archaic) To pledge.
2. Shouting out. (as in 'oathing obsenities')

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|to pledge
Italian: giurare ref|5
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Kurdish: t+|ku|sond xwarin
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trans-top|shouting out
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Homonyms
oaf

External links
pedialite

References

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