piety

See also: pięty

English

Etymology

From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublet pity.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪ.ɪ.ti/
Rhymes: -aɪɪti
Hyphenation: pi‧e‧ty

Noun

piety (countable and uncountable, plural pieties)

(uncountable, religion) Reverence and devotion to God.
Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
(uncountable) Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
(countable) A devout act or thought.

Derived terms

filial piety

Related terms

pious
pietà

Translations

reverence and devotion to God

Arabic: اِسْلَام‎ (ar) (islām), تَقْوَى‎ (taqwā)
Bulgarian: набожност (bg) (nabožnost)
Catalan: pietat (ca) f
Czech: zbožnost f
Dutch: vroomheid (nl)
Esperanto: pieco
Finnish: hurskaus (fi)
French: piété (fr) f
Georgian: ღვთისმოსაობა (ɣvtismosaoba), ღვთისმოშიშობა (ɣvtismošišoba)
German: Frömmigkeit (de) f
Greek: ευσέβεια (el) f (efséveia)
Ancient Greek: εὐσέβεια f (eusébeia)
Hungarian: vallásosság (hu)
Irish: crábhadh m, cráifeacht f, beannaíocht f

Italian: pietà (it)
Japanese: 篤信 (ja) (とくしん, tokushin)
Latvian: pietāte f
Manx: craueeaght f
Maori: whakaponotanga
Polish: pobożność (pl) f, bogobojność (pl) f
Portuguese: piedade (pt) f
Romanian: evlavie (ro), pietate (ro)
Russian: на́божность (ru) (nábožnostʹ), благоче́стие (ru) n (blagočéstije)
Scottish Gaelic: cràbhadh m
Spanish: piedad (es) f
Swedish: fromhet (sv) c
Turkish: dindarlık (tr), sofuluk (tr), takva (tr), züht (tr)

reverence to one's family

Arabic: بِرّ‎ m (birr)
Finnish: kunnioitus (fi)
German: Pietät (de) f

Greek: σεβασμός (el) m (sevasmós)
Japanese: 敬愛 (ja) (けいあい, kēai)
Turkish: saygı (tr), hürmet (tr), ihtiram (tr)

devout act or thought

Arabic: تُقًى‎ m (tuqan)

Hungarian: áhitat

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} piété (fr) f
Italian: ^{(please verify)} pietà (it) f
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 경건 (ko) (gyeonggeon)

Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 虔誠, ^{(please verify)} 虔诚 (zh)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} piedad (es) f

Middle English

Noun

piety

Alternative form of piete

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