hagiography

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• US: /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/
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• US: /ˌheɪd͡ʒiˈɒɡɹəfi/
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• UK: /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE2 G IY0 AA1 G R AH0 F IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English hagio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English hagiography From hagio- + -graphy.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: hagiologia — study of saints
• Catalan: hagiografia — study of saints
• Chinese Mandarin: 聖徒研究 /圣徒研究 (shèngtú yánjiū) — study of saints
• Danish: hagiografi — study of saints
• Dutch: hagiografie — study of saints
• Finnish: hagiologia — study of saints
• French: hagiographie — study of saints
• Galician: haxiografía — study of saints
• Georgian: ჰაგიოგრაფია (hagiograpia) — study of saints
• German: Lebensbeschreibung der Heiligen — study of saints
• Greek: αγιολογία (agiología) — study of saints
• Italian: agiografía — study of saints
• Macedonian: хагиогра́фија (hagiográfija) — study of saints
• Persian: تذکرهنویسی (tazkere-nevisi) — study of saints
• Portuguese: hagiografia — study of saints
• Russian: агиогра́фия (agiográfija) — study of saints
• Russian: житие́ (žitijé) — study of saints
• Russian: житие́ святы́х (žitijé svjatýx) — study of saints
• Spanish: hagiografía — study of saints
• Armenian: սրբախոսություն (srbaxosutʻyun) — biography of a saint
• Armenian: սրբագրություն (srbagrutʻyun) — biography of a saint
• Bulgarian: животоописание (životoopisanie) — biography of a saint
• Catalan: hagiografia — biography of a saint
• Chinese Mandarin: 聖徒傳 /圣徒传 (shèngtúzhuàn) — biography of a saint
• Danish: hagiografi — biography of a saint
• Dutch: hagiografie — biography of a saint
• Dutch: heiligenleven — biography of a saint
• Dutch: vita — biography of a saint
• Finnish: hagiografia — biography of a saint
• Finnish: pyhimyselämäkerta — biography of a saint
• French: hagiographie — biography of a saint
• Georgian: ჰაგიოგრაფია (hagiograpia) — biography of a saint
• German: Lebensbeschreibung der Heiligen — biography of a saint
• Hungarian: hagiográfia — biography of a saint
• Italian: agiografía — biography of a saint
• Macedonian: жи́тие (žítie) — biography of a saint
• Macedonian: хагиогра́фија (hagiográfija) — biography of a saint
• Persian: تذکره (tazkere) — biography of a saint
• Portuguese: hagiografia — biography of a saint
• Russian: агиогра́фия (agiográfija) — biography of a saint
• Russian: жити́йная литерату́ра (žitíjnaja literatúra) — biography of a saint
• Russian: житие́ (žitijé) — biography of a saint
• Russian: житие́ святы́х (žitijé svjatýx) — biography of a saint
• Serbo-Croatian: житије — biography of a saint
• Serbo-Croatian: žitije — biography of a saint
• Spanish: hagiografía — biography of a saint
• Swedish: hagiografi — biography of a saint
• Tibetan: རྣམ་ཐར — biography of a saint
• Chinese Mandarin: 吹捧性的傳記 /吹捧性的传记 (chuīpěngxìng de zhuànjì) — biography which expresses reverence
• Dutch: hagiografie — biography which expresses reverence
• Finnish: hagiografia — biography which expresses reverence
• Persian: تذکره (tazkere) — biography which expresses reverence
• Portuguese: hagiografia — biography which expresses reverence
• Russian: житие́ (žitijé) — biography which expresses reverence
• Chinese Mandarin: 吹捧性的傳記 /吹捧性的传记 (chuīpěngxìng de zhuànjì) — biography which is uncritically supportive
• Finnish: hagiografia — biography which is uncritically supportive
• Portuguese: hagiografia — biography which is uncritically supportive