hermeneutics

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• hûrˌ-mə-n(y)o͞oˈ-tĭks
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• UK: /ˌhɜːmɪˈnjuːtɪks/
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From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτῐκός (hermēneutĭkós, “of or for interpreting”), from ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “translate, interpret”), from ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “translator, interpreter”); sometimes ascribed as a Carian loanword. By surface analysis, hermeneutic + -s. Folk etymology suggests a connection with Hermes. The term was introduced c. 360 BCE by Aristotle in his text Perì Hermeneías (On Interpretation).

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hermeneutiek — art and science of text interpretation
• Albanian: hermeneutika — art and science of text interpretation
• Arabic: عِلْم التَّأْوِيل (ʕilm at-taʔwīl) — art and science of text interpretation
• Arabic: هِرْمِنْيُوطِيقَا (hirminyūṭīqā) — art and science of text interpretation
• Aragonese: hermeneutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Armenian: հերմենեւտիկա (hermenewtika) — art and science of text interpretation
• Asturian: hermenéutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Azerbaijani: hermenevtika — art and science of text interpretation
• Belarusian: герменеўтыка (hjermjenjewtyka) — art and science of text interpretation
• Bulgarian: херменевтика (hermenevtika) — art and science of text interpretation
• Catalan: hermenèutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Chinese Mandarin: 解釋學 /解释学 (jiěshìxué) — art and science of text interpretation
• Chinese Mandarin: 詮釋學 /诠释学 (quánshìxué) — art and science of text interpretation
• Czech: hermeneutika — art and science of text interpretation
• Danish: hermeneutik — art and science of text interpretation
• Dutch: hermeneutiek — art and science of text interpretation
• Esperanto: hermeneŭtiko — art and science of text interpretation
• Estonian: hermeneutika — art and science of text interpretation
• Finnish: hermeneutiikka — art and science of text interpretation
• French: herméneutique — art and science of text interpretation
• Galician: hermenéutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Georgian: ჰერმენევტიკა (hermenevṭiḳa) — art and science of text interpretation
• German: Hermeneutik — art and science of text interpretation
• Greek: ερμηνευτική (ermineftikí) — art and science of text interpretation
• Ancient Greek: ἑρμηνεία (hermēneía) — art and science of text interpretation
• Hebrew: הֶרְמֶנוֹיְטִיקָה (hermenóytika) — art and science of text interpretation
• Hebrew: פַּרְשָׁנוּת (parshanút) — art and science of text interpretation
• Hungarian: hermeneutika — art and science of text interpretation
• Ido: interpret-arto — art and science of text interpretation
• Indonesian: hermeneutik — art and science of text interpretation
• Interlingua: hermeneutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Irish: heirméineotaic — art and science of text interpretation
• Italian: ermeneutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Japanese: 解釈学 (kaishakugaku) — art and science of text interpretation
• Kazakh: герменевтика (germenevtika) — art and science of text interpretation
• Korean: 해석학 (haeseokhak) — art and science of text interpretation
• Kyrgyz: герменевтика (germenevtika) — art and science of text interpretation
• Latin: hermeneutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Latvian: hermeneitika — art and science of text interpretation
• Lithuanian: hermeneutika — art and science of text interpretation
• Low German: Hermeneutik — art and science of text interpretation
• Luxembourgish: Hermeneutik — art and science of text interpretation
• Macedonian: херменевтика (hermenevtika) — art and science of text interpretation
• Malay: hermeneutik — art and science of text interpretation
• Norwegian Bokmål: hermeneutikk — art and science of text interpretation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hermeneutikk — art and science of text interpretation
• Occitan: ermeneutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Persian: هرمنوتیک — art and science of text interpretation
• Polish: hermeneutyka — art and science of text interpretation
• Portuguese: hermenêutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Romanian: hermeneutică — art and science of text interpretation
• Russian: гермене́втика (germenévtika) — art and science of text interpretation
• Serbo-Croatian: херменеу̀тика — art and science of text interpretation
• Serbo-Croatian: hermeneùtika — art and science of text interpretation
• Slovak: hermeneutika — art and science of text interpretation
• Slovene: hermenevtika — art and science of text interpretation
• Spanish: hermenéutica — art and science of text interpretation
• Swedish: hermeneutik — art and science of text interpretation
• Tagalog: palaliwatang-Bibliya — art and science of text interpretation
• Tagalog: palaliwatan — art and science of text interpretation
• Tajik: герменевтика (germenevtika) — art and science of text interpretation
• Thai: อรรถปริวรรตศาสตร์ (àt bpà-rí-wát sàat) — art and science of text interpretation
• Turkish: hermenötik — art and science of text interpretation
• Ukrainian: герменевтика (hermenevtyka) — art and science of text interpretation
• Vietnamese: thông diễn học — art and science of text interpretation
• Vietnamese: thuyên thích học — art and science of text interpretation
• Vietnamese: thuyên thích luận — art and science of text interpretation
• Waray-Waray: hermeneutika — art and science of text interpretation
• Welsh: esboniadaeth — art and science of text interpretation