noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbʊ.dɪ.zəm/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
US:/ˈbu.dɪ.zəm/
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/ˈbʉ.dɪ.zəm/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: religion, faith, religious belief
Narrower terms: Mahayana, Mahayana Buddhism, Theravada, Theravada Buddhism, Lamaism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen, Zen Buddhism, Shingon, Tantra, Tantrism
3
noun
Meaning 3
a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Narrower terms: Zen, Zen Buddhism, Mahayana, Hinayana, Tantrism
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Buddha Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Buddhism From Buddha + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
135 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
budizëm
— religion and philosophy
Amharic:
ቡዲስም
(budism)
— religion and philosophy
Arabic:
بُوذِيَّة
(būḏiyya)
— religion and philosophy
Arabic:
سَمَنِيَّة
(samaniyya)
— religion and philosophy
Arabic:
شُمَنِيَّة
(šumaniyya)
— religion and philosophy
Armenian:
բուդդիզմ
(buddizm)
— religion and philosophy
Armenian:
բուդդայականություն
(buddayakanutʻyun)
— religion and philosophy
Assamese:
বৌদ্ধ ধৰ্ম
(bouddho dhormo)
— religion and philosophy
Asturian:
budismu
— religion and philosophy
Azerbaijani:
buddizm
— religion and philosophy
Bashkir:
буддизм
(buddizm)
— religion and philosophy
Basque:
Budismo
— religion and philosophy
Belarusian:
буды́зм
(budýzm)
— religion and philosophy
Bengali:
বৌদ্ধ ধর্ম
(bōuddho dhormo)
— religion and philosophy
Breton:
boudaegezh
— religion and philosophy
Bulgarian:
буди́зъм
(budízǎm)
— religion and philosophy
Burmese:
ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ
(buddha.bhasa)
— religion and philosophy
Buryat:
буддын шажан
(buddyn šažan)
— religion and philosophy
Catalan:
budisme
— religion and philosophy
Chinese Cantonese:
佛教
(fat6 gaau3)
— religion and philosophy
Chinese:
фәҗё
(fəjio)
— religion and philosophy
Eastern Min Chinese:
佛教
(hŭk-gáu)
— religion and philosophy
Hakka Chinese:
佛教
(fu̍t-kau)
— religion and philosophy
Chinese:
佛教
(zh-min-nan)
— religion and philosophy
Chinese Mandarin:
佛教
(fójiào)
— religion and philosophy
Wu Chinese:
佛教
(8veq-ciau)
— religion and philosophy
Czech:
buddhismus
— religion and philosophy
Danish:
buddhisme
— religion and philosophy
Dutch:
boeddhisme
— religion and philosophy
Dzongkha:
ནང་པ
(nang pa)
— religion and philosophy
Esperanto:
budhismo
— religion and philosophy
Estonian:
budism
— religion and philosophy
Finnish:
buddhalaisuus
— religion and philosophy
French:
bouddhisme
— religion and philosophy
Galician:
budismo
— religion and philosophy
Georgian:
ბუდიზმი
(budizmi)
— religion and philosophy
German:
Buddhismus
— religion and philosophy
Greek:
βουδισμός
(voudismós)
— religion and philosophy
Gujarati:
બૌદ્ધ ધર્મ
(bauddh dharma)
— religion and philosophy
Hebrew:
בּוּדְהִיזְם
(budhizm)
— religion and philosophy
Hindi:
बौद्ध धर्म
(bauddh dharm)
— religion and philosophy
Hungarian:
buddhizmus
— religion and philosophy
Icelandic:
búddismi
— religion and philosophy
Indonesian:
agama Buddha
— religion and philosophy
Irish:
Búdachas
— religion and philosophy
Italian:
buddismo
— religion and philosophy
Japanese:
仏教
(bukkyō)
— religion and philosophy
Kannada:
ಬೌದ್ಧ ಧರ್ಮ
(bauddha dharma)
— religion and philosophy
Kashmiri:
بُدھ مَت
(budh mat)
— religion and philosophy
Kazakh:
буддизм
(buddizm)
— religion and philosophy
Kazakh:
Бұдда діні
(Būdda dını)
— religion and philosophy
Khmer:
ពុទ្ធសាសនា
(putthĕəʼ saasaʼniə)
— religion and philosophy
Khmer:
ពុទ្ធនិយម
(put niyum)
— religion and philosophy
Korean:
불교
(bulgyo)
— religion and philosophy
Northern Kurdish:
budîzm
— religion and philosophy
Kyrgyz:
бурканчылык
(burkancılık)
— religion and philosophy
Kyrgyz:
буддизм
(buddizm)
— religion and philosophy
Lao:
ສາດສະຫນາພຸດ
(sāt sa nāphut)
— religion and philosophy
Latin:
Buddhismus
— religion and philosophy
Latvian:
budisms
— religion and philosophy
Lithuanian:
budizmas
— religion and philosophy
Lü:
ᦝᦴᧉᦶᦈᧁᧈ
(fuu2ṫsaew1)
— religion and philosophy
Lü:
ᦉᦱᦉᦓᦱᦷᦅᦎᦙ
(ṡaaṡnaakoṫm)
— religion and philosophy
Lü:
ᦉᦱᦉᦓᦱᦘᦈᧁᧉ
(ṡaaṡnaaphṫsaw2)
— religion and philosophy
Macedonian:
буди́зам
(budízam)
— religion and philosophy
Malay:
agama Buddha
— religion and philosophy
Malayalam:
ബുദ്ധമതം
(buddhamataṁ)
— religion and philosophy
Maltese:
Buddiżmu
— religion and philosophy
Marathi:
बौद्ध धर्म
(bauddha dharma)
— religion and philosophy
Mon:
ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ
— religion and philosophy
Mongolian:
буддизм
(buddizm)
— religion and philosophy
Mongolian:
буддын шашин
(buddyn šašin)
— religion and philosophy
Mongolian:
бурхан шашин
(burxan šašin)
— religion and philosophy
Mongolian:
бурхны шашин
(burxny šašin)
— religion and philosophy
Mongolian:
ᠪᠤᠳ᠋ᠳ᠋ᠾᠢᠽᠮ
(buddhizm)
— religion and philosophy
Mongolian:
ᠪᠤᠳ᠋ᠳ᠋ᠾᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠱᠠᠰᠢᠨ
(buddha-yin šasin)
— religion and philosophy
Mongolian:
ᠪᠤᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠱᠠᠰᠢᠨ
(burqan šasin)
— religion and philosophy
Mongolian:
ᠪᠤᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠱᠠᠰᠢᠨ
(burqan-u šasin)
— religion and philosophy
Norwegian Bokmål:
buddhisme
— religion and philosophy
Norwegian Nynorsk:
buddhisme
— religion and philosophy
Odia:
ବୌଦ୍ଧ ଧର୍ମ
(bauddha dharma)
— religion and philosophy
Pashto:
بودايي دین
(budāyī dīn)
— religion and philosophy
Pashto:
بوديزم
(budizm)
— religion and philosophy
Persian:
مذهب بودا
(mazhab-e budâ)
— religion and philosophy
Persian:
آیین بودا
(âyin-e budâ)
— religion and philosophy
Persian:
آیین بودایی
(âyin-e budâyi)
— religion and philosophy
Persian:
بودیسم
(budism)
— religion and philosophy
Pohnpeian:
Pwuda
— religion and philosophy
Polish:
buddyzm
— religion and philosophy
Portuguese:
budismo
— religion and philosophy
Punjabi:
ਬੁੱਧ ਧਰਮ
(buddha dharam)
— religion and philosophy
Punjabi:
بدھ مت
(bdh mt)
— religion and philosophy
Romanian:
budism
— religion and philosophy
Russian:
будди́зм
(buddízm)
— religion and philosophy
Sanskrit:
बौद्धधर्म
(bauddhadharma)
— religion and philosophy
Santali:
ᱵᱩᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ
(buddhô dhôrôm)
— religion and philosophy
Serbo-Croatian:
будѝзам
— religion and philosophy
Serbo-Croatian:
budìzam
— religion and philosophy
Shan:
ပုၵ်ႉထႃႉၽႃႇသႃႇ
(pṵ̂k thâ̰a phàa sàa)
— religion and philosophy
Sindhi:
ٻڌمت
(ḇdhmt)
— religion and philosophy
Sindhi:
ٻڌ ڌرم
(ḇdh dhrm)
— religion and philosophy
Sinhalese:
බුද්ධාගම
(buddhāgama)
— religion and philosophy
Slovak:
budhizmus
— religion and philosophy
Slovene:
budizem
— religion and philosophy
Spanish:
budismo
— religion and philosophy
Swahili:
Ubudha
— religion and philosophy
Swedish:
buddhism
— religion and philosophy
Swedish:
buddism
— religion and philosophy
Tagalog:
budismo
— religion and philosophy
Tajik:
буддизм
(buddizm)
— religion and philosophy
Tajik:
буддоия
(buddoyiya)
— religion and philosophy
Tamil:
பௌத்தம்
(pauttam)
— religion and philosophy
Tamil:
புத்தம்
(puttam)
— religion and philosophy
Tatar:
буддачылык
(buddaçılıq)
— religion and philosophy
Tatar:
буддизм
(buddizm)
— religion and philosophy
Telugu:
బౌద్ధము
(bauddhamu)
— religion and philosophy
Thai:
ศาสนาพุทธ
(sàat-sà-nǎa pút)
— religion and philosophy
Tibetan:
ནང་བསྟན
(nang bstan)
— religion and philosophy
Turkish:
Budizm
— religion and philosophy
Turkmen:
buddaçylyk
— religion and philosophy
Turkmen:
buddizm
— religion and philosophy
Tuvan:
сарыг шажын
(sarıg şajın)
— religion and philosophy
Ukrainian:
будди́зм
(buddýzm)
— religion and philosophy
Urdu:
بدھ مت
(buddh mat)
— religion and philosophy
Uyghur:
بۇددا دىنى
(budda dini)
— religion and philosophy
Uzbek:
buddizm
— religion and philosophy
Uzbek:
budda dini
— religion and philosophy
Vietnamese:
Phật giáo
— religion and philosophy
Vietnamese:
đạo Phật
— religion and philosophy
Vietnamese:
đạo Giáo ngộ
— religion and philosophy
Volapük:
bud
— religion and philosophy
Welsh:
Bwdhaeth
— religion and philosophy
Welsh:
Bwdïaeth
— religion and philosophy
Yiddish:
בודהיזם
(budhizm)
— religion and philosophy