heretic

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• /ˈhɛɹɪtɪk/
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From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose, factious”), itself from Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō, “to choose”).

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ketter — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Afrikaans: ketters — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Albanian: heretik — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Albanian: heretike — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Arabic: مُلْحِد (mulḥid) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Arabic: مُلْحِدَة (mulḥida) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Armenian: հերետիկոս (heretikos) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Aromanian: eretico — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Azerbaijani: bidətçi — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Belarusian: ерэты́к (jeretýk) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Belarusian: ерэты́чка (jeretýčka) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Bulgarian: ерети́к (eretík) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Bulgarian: ерети́чка (eretíčka) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Catalan: heretge — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Chinese Mandarin: 異端 /异端 (yìduān) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Czech: kacíř — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Czech: kacířka — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Old Czech: cafúr — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Danish: kætter — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Dutch: ketter — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Esperanto: herezulo — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Esperanto: herezulino — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Estonian: ketser — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Faroese: trúarvillingur — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Faroese: trúvillingur — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Finnish: harhaoppinen — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Finnish: kerettiläinen — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• French: hérétique — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Georgian: მწვალებელი (mc̣valebeli) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Georgian: ერეტიკოსი (ereṭiḳosi) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• German: Ketzer — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• German: Ketzerin — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• German: Häretiker — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• German: Häretikerin — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• German: Abweichler — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• German: Abweichlerin — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Greek: αιρετικός (airetikós) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Greek: αιρετική (airetikí) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Ancient Greek: αἱρετικός (hairetikós) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Hebrew: כּוֹפֵר (kofér) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Hebrew: כּוֹפֶרֶת (koféret) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Hebrew: אֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס (epikóros) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Hebrew: אֶפִּיקוֹרֶס (epikóres) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Hebrew: מִין (mín) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Hindi: विधर्मी (vidharmī) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Hungarian: eretnek — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Indonesian: bida'ah — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Irish: eiriceach — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Italian: eretico — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Italian: eretica — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Japanese: 異端者 (itansha) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Kazakh: бидғатшы (bidğatşy) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Korean: 이단자 (idanja) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Korean: 이교도 (igyodo) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Kyrgyz: бидъатчы (bidatcı) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Kyrgyz: еретик (yeretik) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Latin: haereseus — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Latin: haeresiacus — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Latin: haereticus — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Latvian: ķeceris — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Lithuanian: eretikas — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Macedonian: криво́верец (krivóverec) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Macedonian: криво́верник (krivóvernik) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Macedonian: ере́тик (erétik) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Māori: heretiki — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjetter — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Norwegian Bokmål: heretiker — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Norwegian Bokmål: vranglærer — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjettar — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heretikar — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ranglærar — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Occitan: eretic — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Occitan: erètge — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Church Slavic: еретикъ (eretikŭ) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Persian: زندیک (zandik) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Persian: زندیق (zendiq) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Plautdietsch: Errliera — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Polish: heretyk — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Polish: heretyczka — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Polish: kacerz — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Polish: kacerka — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Portuguese: herege — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Romanian: eretic — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Russian: ерети́к (jeretík) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Russian: ерети́чка (jeretíčka) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Scottish Gaelic: saobh-chreidmheach — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Serbo-Croatian: кривоверан — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Serbo-Croatian: кривоверна — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Serbo-Croatian: јеретик — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Serbo-Croatian: krivoveran — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Serbo-Croatian: krivoverna — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Serbo-Croatian: jeretik — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Slovak: kacír — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Slovak: kacírka — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Slovak: heretik — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Slovak: heretička — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Slovene: krivoverec — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Slovene: krivoverka — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Slovene: heretik — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Slovene: heretičarka — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Spanish: hereje — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Swedish: kättare — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Swedish: heretiker — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Tagalog: erehe — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Tajik: бидъаткор (bid'atkor) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Tocharian B: tīrthe — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Turkish: zındık — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Turkish: kâfir — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Ottoman Turkish: زندیق (zındık) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Ukrainian: єрети́к (jeretýk) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Ukrainian: єрети́чка (jeretýčka) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Uzbek: bidʻatchi — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Vietnamese: dị giáo — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Volapük: häretan — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Volapük: hihäretan — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Volapük: jihäretan — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Welsh: heretic — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Yiddish: אַפּיקורס (apikoyres) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion
• Yiddish: מין (min) — someone who believes contrary to fundamentals of a religion