see|he�ll|Hell
English
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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
- In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death.
- 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: κÏ�λαÏ�η kólasi) f, άδηÏ� (áðis) m, Ï�άÏ�Ï�αÏ�α (tártara) n|p, (slang) αγÏ�Ï�ιÏ�Ï�οÏ� (ayÃristos) m
Hebrew: ×�×�×�× ×�×�|×�ÖµÖ¼×�×�Ö´× Ö¼×�Ö¹×� (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: å�°ç�� (ã��ã��ã��, jigoku), é�ç�� (ã�¾ã��ã��, 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|адÑ�|m|tradÅ|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
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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
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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
- 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.
- 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|κÏ�λαÏ�η|f|trkólasi|scGrek, t-|el|κολαÏ�Ï�ήÏ�ιο|n|trkolastÃrio|scGrek, t-|el|Ï�άÏ�Ï�αÏ�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
- context|not polite Used to express negative discontent.
#: Oh, hell! I got another parking ticket.
- context|not polite Used to emphasize.
#: Hell, yeah!
See also
damn
heck
Category:Death
Category:English swear words
Albanian
Noun
hell m
- skewer
- icicle
Category:Albanian nouns
Estonian
Adjective
hell
- tender
Category:Estonian adjectives
German
Adjective
infl|de|adjective|comparative|heller|superlative|hellest
- 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
- Hell
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