Phrase guide

communion wafer

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The sacramental bread used in the Eucharist; the host.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُرْشام (buršām) — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Bulgarian: нафора (nafora) — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖體 /圣体 (shèngtǐ) — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖餐餅 /圣餐饼 (shèngcānbǐng) — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Czech: hostie — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Dalmatian: bluta — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Danish: oblat — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Dutch: hostie — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Finnish: ehtoollisleipä — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Finnish: öylätti — sacramental bread — see also host
  • French: hostie — sacramental bread — see also host
  • French: oublie — sacramental bread — see also host
  • German: Hostie — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Greek: άγιος άρτος (ágios ártos) — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Greek: όστια (óstia) — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Hungarian: ostya — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Icelandic: obláta — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Indonesian: hosti — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Irish: abhlann — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Old Irish: obla(e) — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Italian: ostia — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Latin: hostia — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Polish: hostia — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Polish: opłatek — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Portuguese: hóstia — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Romanian: anaforă — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Russian: обла́тка (oblátka) — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Serbo-Croatian: hostija — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Lower Sorbian: hostija — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Upper Sorbian: hostija — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Upper Sorbian: woblatko — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Upper Sorbian: wobłatka — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Spanish: hostia — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Swedish: oblat — sacramental bread — see also host
  • Welsh: afrllad — sacramental bread — see also host