English
Etymology
Old English �þ
Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��θ|-��θ
Noun
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- 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,
- the affirmed statement or promise accepted as equivalent to an oath
- 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
- a curse
- 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: èª�è¯� (shìcÃ)
Czech: t-|cs|pÅ�Ãsaha|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
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ttbc|Chinese: �� (shìyán)
ttbc|Indonesian: sumpah
ttbc|Korean: ì� ì�� (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
- (archaic) To pledge.
- 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
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References
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