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Definition for: oath

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English

Etymology

Old English āþ

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -əʊθ

Noun

oath ( plural: oaths )

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

Translations

solemn pledge

  • Albanian: be
  • Bosnian: zakletva f . , prisega f .
  • Catalan: jurament
  • Czech: přísaha f .
  • Dutch: eed m .
  • Esperanto: juro
  • Finnish: vala
  • French: serment m .
  • German: Eid m . , Schwur m .
  • Greek: όρκος (órkos) m .
  • Hungarian: eskü
  • Italian: giuramento m . [1]
  • Kurdish: sond (ku) f . , êqîn (ku) f . , qesem f . , soz (ku)
  • Norwegian: ed m .
  • Japanese: 誓約 (seiyaku)
  • Polish: przysięga f .
  • Portuguese: juramento m . , promessa f .
  • Russian: присяга (prisjága) f .
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: заклетва f . , присега f .
    Latin: zakletva, prisega f .
  • Slovene: prisega f .
  • Swedish: ed c .
  • Telugu: ప్రమాణం (pramaaNaM)

affirmed statement

  • Bosnian: zakletva f . , prisega f .
  • Dutch: eed m .
  • Finnish: lupaus
  • French: serment m .
  • German: Eid m .
  • Greek: όρκος (órkos) m .
  • Italian: giuramento m . [2]
  • Japanese: 宣誓 (sensei)
  • Kurdish: soz f . , ehd f .
  • Norwegian: ed m .
  • Russian: клятва (kljátva) f .
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: заклетва f . , присега f .
    Latin: zakletva f . , prisega f .
  • Slovene: prisega f .
  • Swedish: ed c .
  • Telugu: ప్రమాణం (pramaaNaM)

profanity

  • Bosnian: psovka f .
  • Finnish: kirosana
  • Italian: bestemmia f . [3]
  • German: Fluch m .
  • Kurdish: dijûn f . , xeber f . , sixêf f .
  • Russian: проклятие (prokljátije) n .
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: псовка f .
    Latin: psovka f .
  • Swedish: ed c . , svordom c .

curse

See curse
  • Chinese : 誓言
  • Indonesian : sumpah
  • Korean : 선서
  • Spanish : juramento m .

Related terms

Verb

to oath ( third-person singular simple present oaths , present participle oathing , simple past oathed , past participle oathed )

Infinitive
to oath

Third person singular
oaths

Simple past
oathed

Past participle
oathed

Present participle
oathing

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

Translations

to pledge

  • Italian: giurare [4]
  • Kurdish: sond xwarin

shouting out

Homonyms

  • oaf

External links

  • "Oath" on

References

1-5. ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese . Turin: Paravia, 2003. Edited in collaboration with Oxford University Press. ISBN 8839551107.

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