abyss

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbɪs/
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• US: /æˈbɪs/
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• US: ə-bĭs'
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From Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βυσσός (bussós, “deep place”), from βυθός (buthós, “deep place”). Displaced native Old English neowolnes.

191 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: humnerë — hell, bottomless pit
• Arabic: هَاوِيَة (hāwiya) — hell, bottomless pit
• Armenian: անդունդ (andund) — hell, bottomless pit
• Belarusian: бе́здань (bjézdanʹ) — hell, bottomless pit
• Belarusian: бяздо́нне (bjazdónnje) — hell, bottomless pit
• Belarusian: про́рва (prórva) — hell, bottomless pit
• Belarusian: прадонне (pradónnje) — hell, bottomless pit
• Bengali: হাবিয়া (habiẏa) — hell, bottomless pit
• Bulgarian: бе́здна (bézdna) — hell, bottomless pit
• Bulgarian: про́паст (própast) — hell, bottomless pit
• Catalan: abisme — hell, bottomless pit
• Chinese Mandarin: 深淵 /深渊 (shēnyuān) — hell, bottomless pit
• Maore Comorian: gumbo — hell, bottomless pit
• Czech: propast — hell, bottomless pit
• Danish: afgrund — hell, bottomless pit
• Dutch: afgrond — hell, bottomless pit
• Esperanto: abismo — hell, bottomless pit
• Estonian: kuristik — hell, bottomless pit
• Finnish: syöveri — hell, bottomless pit
• Finnish: kuilu — hell, bottomless pit
• Finnish: horna — hell, bottomless pit
• French: abîme — hell, bottomless pit
• Galician: abismo — hell, bottomless pit
• Georgian: უფსკრული (upsḳruli) — hell, bottomless pit
• Georgian: ქვესკნელი (kvesḳneli) — hell, bottomless pit
• German: Abgrund — hell, bottomless pit
• German: Hölle — hell, bottomless pit
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 (afgrundiþa) — hell, bottomless pit
• Greek: άβυσσος (ávyssos) — hell, bottomless pit
• Greek: τάρταρα (tártara) — hell, bottomless pit
• Ancient Greek: ἄβυσσος (ábussos) — hell, bottomless pit
• Ancient Greek: Ἄβῠσσος (Ábŭssos) — hell, bottomless pit
• Hebrew: תהום (t'hóm) — hell, bottomless pit
• Hindi: वितल (vital) — hell, bottomless pit
• Hindi: अतल (atal) — hell, bottomless pit
• Hindi: अथाह (athāh) — hell, bottomless pit
• Hindi: हाविया (hāviyā) — hell, bottomless pit
• Hindi: पाताल (pātāl) — hell, bottomless pit
• Hindi: रसातल (rasātal) — hell, bottomless pit
• Indonesian: neraka — hell, bottomless pit
• Italian: abisso — hell, bottomless pit
• Japanese: 深淵 (shin'en) — hell, bottomless pit
• Japanese: 淵 (fuchi) — hell, bottomless pit
• Kazakh: шыңырау (şyñyrau) — hell, bottomless pit
• Korean: 심연 (simyeon) — hell, bottomless pit
• Latin: profundum — hell, bottomless pit
• Latin: abyssus — hell, bottomless pit
• Latin: barāthrum — hell, bottomless pit
• Latvian: bezdibenis — hell, bottomless pit
• Lithuanian: bedugnė — hell, bottomless pit
• Macedonian: бездна (bezdna) — hell, bottomless pit
• Macedonian: амбис (ambis) — hell, bottomless pit
• Māori: poka tōrere — hell, bottomless pit
• Norwegian Bokmål: avgrunn — hell, bottomless pit
• Occitan: abisme — hell, bottomless pit
• Old English: neowolnes — hell, bottomless pit
• Persian: مغاک (maġâk) — hell, bottomless pit
• Polish: przepaść — hell, bottomless pit
• Polish: czeluść — hell, bottomless pit
• Polish: otchłań — hell, bottomless pit
• Portuguese: abismo — hell, bottomless pit
• Portuguese: abisso — hell, bottomless pit
• Romanian: abis — hell, bottomless pit
• Romanian: prăpastie — hell, bottomless pit
• Russian: про́пасть (própastʹ) — hell, bottomless pit
• Russian: бе́здна (bézdna) — hell, bottomless pit
• Serbo-Croatian: бѐздан — hell, bottomless pit
• Serbo-Croatian: bèzdan — hell, bottomless pit
• Slovak: priepasť — hell, bottomless pit
• Slovene: brezno — hell, bottomless pit
• Somali: qar — hell, bottomless pit
• Upper Sorbian: bjezdno — hell, bottomless pit
• Spanish: abismo — hell, bottomless pit
• Swahili: shimo — hell, bottomless pit
• Swahili: kuzimu — hell, bottomless pit
• Swedish: avgrund — hell, bottomless pit
• Ukrainian: безо́дня (bezódnja) — hell, bottomless pit
• Ukrainian: прі́рва (prírva) — hell, bottomless pit
• Ukrainian: прова́лля (provállja) — hell, bottomless pit
• Ukrainian: бездна (bezdna) — hell, bottomless pit
• Arabic: هَاوِيَة (hāwiya) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Arabic: هُوَّة (huwwa) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Bashkir: упҡын (upqın) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Bulgarian: бе́здна (bézdna) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Bulgarian: про́паст (própast) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Catalan: abisme — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Chinese Mandarin: 深淵 /深渊 (shēnyuān) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Czech: propast — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Czech: hlubina — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Danish: afgrund — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Dutch: afgrond — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Dutch: ravijn — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Esperanto: abismo — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Finnish: kuilu — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Finnish: syöveri — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Finnish: kurimus — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• French: précipice — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• French: abysse — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• French: abîme — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• French: gouffre — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• West-Frisian: ôfgrûn — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Georgian: უფსკრული (upsḳruli) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• German: Abgrund — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 (afgrundiþa) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Greek: άβυσσος (ávyssos) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Ancient Greek: ἄβυσσος (ábussos) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Ancient Greek: ἄβυσσος (ábussos) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Hungarian: szakadék — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Igbo: mgbùlùgùdù — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Indonesian: jurang tanpa dasar — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Interlingua: abysso — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Interlingua: abysmo — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Irish: aibhéis — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Old Irish: abis — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Italian: abisso — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Japanese: 深淵 (shin'en) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Latin: profundum — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Latin: vorāgō — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Latin: abyssus — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Lithuanian: bedùgnė — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Lithuanian: prarajà — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Māori: tōrere — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Māori: poka tōrere — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Māori: tomoau — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Māori: waro — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Navajo: doo nihonítʼį́ʼgóó ahoodzą́ — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Norwegian: avgrunn — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Occitan: abisme — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Old English: neowolnes — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Persian: مغاک (maġâk) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Polish: otchłań — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Polish: przepaść — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Portuguese: abismo — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Romanian: abis — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Romanian: adânc — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Romanian: adâncime — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Romanian: prăpastie — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Romanian: hău — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Russian: бе́здна (bézdna) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Russian: про́пасть (própastʹ) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Russian: пучи́на (pučína) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Serbo-Croatian: бѐздан — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Serbo-Croatian: bèzdan — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Serbo-Croatian: pònor — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Slovak: hlbina — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Slovene: brezno — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Spanish: abismo — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Spanish: sima — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Swedish: djup — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Swedish: avgrund — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Swedish: bråddjup — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Tamil: பாதாளம் (pātāḷam) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Ottoman Turkish: دریڭلك (deriñlik) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Ukrainian: безо́дня (bezódnja) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Ukrainian: прі́рва (prírva) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Ukrainian: пучи́на (pučýna) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Yiddish: תּהום (thom) — bottomless or unfathomed depth
• Finnish: syöveri — anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound
• French: abîme — anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound
• Greek: άβυσσος (ávyssos) — anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound
• Latin: profundum — anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound
• Russian: про́рва (prórva) — anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound
• Chinese Mandarin: 深淵 /深渊 (shēnyuān) — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Dutch: afgrond — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Dutch: kloof — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Finnish: rappio — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Finnish: syöveri — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• German: Abgrund — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Greek: άβυσσος (ávyssos) — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Italian: abisso — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Norwegian: avgrunn — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Polish: otchłań — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Polish: przepaść — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Portuguese: abismo — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Russian: бе́здна (bézdna) — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Swedish: avgrund — moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth
• Chinese Mandarin: 深淵 /深渊 (shēnyuān) — impending catastrophe
• Finnish: kauheus — impending catastrophe
• Finnish: syöveri — impending catastrophe
• Finnish: kurimus — impending catastrophe
• Quechua: thuñi — impending catastrophe
• Russian: про́пасть (própastʹ) — impending catastrophe
• Chinese Mandarin: 深淵 /深渊 (shēnyuān) — heraldry: center of an escutcheon
• Finnish: sydänkohta — heraldry: center of an escutcheon
• French: abîme — heraldry: center of an escutcheon
• Russian: се́рдце (sérdce) — heraldry: center of an escutcheon
• Swedish: hjärtplats — heraldry: center of an escutcheon
• Chinese Mandarin: 截然不同 (jiéránbùtóng) — difference
• Chinese Mandarin: 鴻溝 /鸿沟 (hónggōu) — difference
• Dutch: kloof — difference
• Finnish: kuilu — difference