disciple

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• /dɪˈsaɪ.pəl/
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From Middle English disciple, discipul, from Old English discipul (“disciple, scholar”), from Latin discipulus (“pupil, learner”). Later influenced or superseded in Middle English by Old French deciple.

A proprialization of disciple.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: dissipel — person who learns from another
• Aghwan: 𐔰𐕐𐔰𐕙𐕄𐔴𐕜 (ašarḳeṭ) — person who learns from another
• Albanian: dishipujë — person who learns from another
• Armenian: աշակերտ (ašakert) — person who learns from another
• Bulgarian: учени́к (učeník) — person who learns from another
• Catalan: deixeble — person who learns from another
• Chinese Mandarin: 弟子 (dìzǐ) — person who learns from another
• Chinese Mandarin: 門徒 /门徒 (méntú) — person who learns from another
• Czech: následovník — person who learns from another
• Czech: žák — person who learns from another
• Old Czech: discipul — person who learns from another
• Dutch: discipel — person who learns from another
• Esperanto: disĉiplo — person who learns from another
• Finnish: oppilas — person who learns from another
• French: disciple — person who learns from another
• Galician: discípulo — person who learns from another
• German: Jünger — person who learns from another
• German: Jüngerin — person who learns from another
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (sipōneis) — person who learns from another
• Ancient Greek: μαθητής (mathētḗs) — person who learns from another
• Greenlandic: ajoqersugaq — person who learns from another
• Hungarian: tanítvány — person who learns from another
• Indonesian: murid — person who learns from another
• Irish: dalta — person who learns from another
• Japanese: 弟子 (deshi) — person who learns from another
• Japanese: 門徒 (monto) — person who learns from another
• Korean: 제자 (jeja) — person who learns from another
• Korean: 문도 (mundo) — person who learns from another
• Latin: discipulus — person who learns from another
• Latin: discens — person who learns from another
• Norman: discipl'ye — person who learns from another
• Old English: ġingra — person who learns from another
• Old Saxon: jungaro — person who learns from another
• Persian: شاگرد (šâgerd) — person who learns from another
• Polish: uczeń — person who learns from another
• Polish: adept — person who learns from another
• Polish: uczennica — person who learns from another
• Polish: adeptka — person who learns from another
• Portuguese: discípulo — person who learns from another
• Russian: учени́к (učeník) — person who learns from another
• Russian: после́дователь (poslédovatelʹ) — person who learns from another
• Russian: сторо́нник (storónnik) — person who learns from another
• Scottish Gaelic: deisciobal — person who learns from another
• Lower Sorbian: wuknik — person who learns from another
• Lower Sorbian: wuknica — person who learns from another
• Spanish: discípulo — person who learns from another
• Tagalog: disipulo — person who learns from another
• Volapük: tidäb — person who learns from another
• Volapük: hitidäb — person who learns from another
• Volapük: jitidäb — person who learns from another
• Welsh: disgybl — person who learns from another
• Welsh: disgybles — person who learns from another
• Afrikaans: dissipel — active follower or adherent
• Aghwan: 𐔰𐕐𐔰𐕙𐕄𐔴𐕜 (ašarḳeṭ) — active follower or adherent
• Basque: dizipulu — active follower or adherent
• Bulgarian: после́довател (poslédovatel) — active follower or adherent
• Catalan: deixeble — active follower or adherent
• Chinese Mandarin: 門徒 /门徒 (méntú) — active follower or adherent
• Chinese Mandarin: 追隨者 /追随者 (zhuīsuízhě) — active follower or adherent
• Ngazidja Comorian: mna-shioni — active follower or adherent
• Czech: stoupenec — active follower or adherent
• Czech: učedník — active follower or adherent
• Dutch: leerling — active follower or adherent
• Finnish: seuraaja — active follower or adherent
• French: disciple — active follower or adherent
• Galician: discípulo — active follower or adherent
• German: Jünger — active follower or adherent
• German: Jüngerin — active follower or adherent
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (sipōneis) — active follower or adherent
• Hindi: शिष्य (śiṣya) — active follower or adherent
• Hungarian: követő — active follower or adherent
• Irish: deisceabal — active follower or adherent
• Old Irish: deiscipul — active follower or adherent
• Japanese: 門徒 (monto) — active follower or adherent
• Japanese: 信奉者 (shinpōsha) — active follower or adherent
• Korean: 문도 (mundo) — active follower or adherent
• Lao: ສາວົກ (sā wok) — active follower or adherent
• Latin: discipulus — active follower or adherent
• Norman: discipl'ye — active follower or adherent
• Old English: ġingra — active follower or adherent
• Persian: مرید (morid) — active follower or adherent
• Plautdietsch: Jinja — active follower or adherent
• Portuguese: discípulo — active follower or adherent
• Russian: после́дователь (poslédovatelʹ) — active follower or adherent
• Russian: сторо́нник (storónnik) — active follower or adherent
• Russian: апо́стол (apóstol) — active follower or adherent
• Scottish Gaelic: deisciobal — active follower or adherent
• Shan: တပႄး (tǎ páae) — active follower or adherent
• Lower Sorbian: wuknik — active follower or adherent
• Lower Sorbian: wuknica — active follower or adherent
• Spanish: discípulo — active follower or adherent
• Swahili: mwanafunzi — active follower or adherent
• Thai: สาวก (sǎa-wók) — active follower or adherent
• Ukrainian: у́чень (účenʹ) — active follower or adherent
• Ukrainian: учени́ця (učenýcja) — active follower or adherent
• Arabic: حَوَارِيّ (ḥawāriyy) — one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
• Arabic: تِلْمِيذ (tilmīḏ) — one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
• Dutch: apostel — one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
• Finnish: opetuslapsi — one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
• Icelandic: lærisveinn — one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
• Japanese: 弟子 (deshi) — one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
• Slovene: apostol — one of the twelve disciples of Jesus
• Swedish: lärjunge — one of the twelve disciples of Jesus