idolatry

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• UK: /aɪˈdɒl.ə.tɹi/
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• US: /aɪˈdɑ.lə.tɹi/
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Inherited from Middle English ydolatrie, from Old French idolatrie, from Ecclesiastical Latin īdōlatrīa, from Late Latin īdōlolatrīa, from Ancient Greek εἰδωλολατρίᾱ (eidōlolatríā, “worship of idols”), back-formation from εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs), from εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “idol”) & λάτρις (látris, “worshipper”) or λατρεύω (latreúō, “to worship”), from λάτρον (látron, “payment”). Equivalent to idol + -latry. Cognate with Modern French idolâtrie, Italian idolatria, Occitan ydolatria, Portuguese idolatria, and Spanish idolatría. Displaced native Old English dēofolġield (literally “devil worship”).

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: idhujtari — worship of idols
• Arabic: وَثَنِيَّة (waṯaniyya) — worship of idols
• Armenian: կռապաշտություն (kṙapaštutʻyun) — worship of idols
• Azerbaijani: bütpərəstlik — worship of idols
• Belarusian: ідалапакло́нства (idalapaklónstva) — worship of idols
• Belarusian: балвахва́льства (balvaxválʹstva) — worship of idols
• Bengali: মূর্তিপূজা (murtipuja) — worship of idols
• Bulgarian: идолопокло́нничество (idolopoklónničestvo) — worship of idols
• Bulgarian: идолопокло́нство (idolopoklónstvo) — worship of idols
• Catalan: idolatria — worship of idols
• Chinese Mandarin: 偶像崇拜 (ǒuxiàng chóngbài) — worship of idols
• Czech: modlářství — worship of idols
• Czech: modloslužebnictví — worship of idols
• Czech: idolatrie — worship of idols
• Danish: afgudsdyrkelse — worship of idols
• Dutch: afgoderij — worship of idols
• Dutch: afgodendienst — worship of idols
• Dutch: beeldendienst — worship of idols
• Dutch: idolatrie — worship of idols
• Estonian: ebajumalakummardamine — worship of idols
• Finnish: epäjumalanpalvonta — worship of idols
• Finnish: idolatria — worship of idols
• Finnish: kuvainpalvonta — worship of idols
• French: idolâtrie — worship of idols
• French: culte des idoles — worship of idols
• Georgian: კერპთაყვანისმცემლობა (ḳerṗtaq̇vanismcemloba) — worship of idols
• Georgian: კერპთმსახურება (ḳerṗtmsaxureba) — worship of idols
• German: Abgötterei — worship of idols
• German: Götzendienerei — worship of idols
• German: Götzendienst — worship of idols
• German: Götzenglaube — worship of idols
• German: Götzenverehrung — worship of idols
• German: Idolatrie — worship of idols
• German: Ikonodulie — worship of idols
• German: Vergötterung — worship of idols
• German: Bilderanbetung — worship of idols
• German: Bilderdienst — worship of idols
• German: Bilderverehrung — worship of idols
• Greek: ειδωλολατρία (eidololatría) — worship of idols
• Ancient Greek: εἰδωλολατρία (eidōlolatría) — worship of idols
• Greenlandic: guutipilussiorneq — worship of idols
• Hebrew: עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (avodá zará) — worship of idols
• Hebrew: עֲבוֹדַת אֱלִילִים (avodát elilím) — worship of idols
• Hindi: मूर्तिपूजा (mūrtipūjā) — worship of idols
• Hungarian: bálványimádás — worship of idols
• Icelandic: skurðgoðadýrkun — worship of idols
• Irish: íolacht — worship of idols
• Irish: íoladhradh — worship of idols
• Italian: idolatria — worship of idols
• Japanese: 偶像崇拝 (gūzō sūhai) — worship of idols
• Kazakh: пұтқа табынушылық (pūtqa tabynuşylyq) — worship of idols
• Korean: 우상숭배 (usangsungbae) — worship of idols
• Northern Kurdish: pûtperestî — worship of idols
• Northern Kurdish: pûtparêzî — worship of idols
• Kyrgyz: бутпарастык (butparastık) — worship of idols
• Ladino: avoda zara — worship of idols
• Ladino: idolatria — worship of idols
• Latin: īdōlolatrīa — worship of idols
• Latvian: elku pielūgšana — worship of idols
• Lithuanian: stabmeldystė — worship of idols
• Macedonian: идолопоклонство (idolopoklonstvo) — worship of idols
• Manx: jalloonys — worship of idols
• Middle English: mawmetrie — worship of idols
• Middle English: ydolatrie — worship of idols
• Norwegian Bokmål: avgudsdyrkelse — worship of idols
• Occitan: idolatria — worship of idols
• Old English: dēofolġield — worship of idols
• Pashto: بت پرستي (bot-parastī) — worship of idols
• Persian: بتپرستی (bot-parasti) — worship of idols
• Polish: bałwochwalstwo — worship of idols
• Polish: idolatria — worship of idols
• Polish: idololatria — worship of idols
• Portuguese: idolatria — worship of idols
• Romanian: idolatrie — worship of idols
• Romanian: идолатрия (idolatria) — worship of idols
• Russian: идолопокло́нство (idolopoklónstvo) — worship of idols
• Russian: идолопокло́нничество (idolopoklónničestvo) — worship of idols
• Sanskrit: प्रतिमापूजा (pratimāpūjā) — worship of idols
• Serbo-Croatian: идолопокло́нство — worship of idols
• Serbo-Croatian: idolopoklónstvo — worship of idols
• Slovak: modlárstvo — worship of idols
• Slovak: modloslužobníctvo — worship of idols
• Slovak: idolatria — worship of idols
• Slovak: modloslužba — worship of idols
• Slovene: idolatrija — worship of idols
• Spanish: idolatría — worship of idols
• Swedish: idoldyrkan — worship of idols
• Swedish: idolatri — worship of idols
• Swedish: bilddyrkan — worship of idols
• Swedish: avguderi — worship of idols
• Swedish: avgudadyrkan — worship of idols
• Tajik: бутпарастӣ (butparasti) — worship of idols
• Telugu: విగ్రహారాధన (vigrahārādhana) — worship of idols
• Thai: การบูชาเทวรูป (gaan-buu-chaa-tee-wá-rûup) — worship of idols
• Turkish: putperestlik — worship of idols
• Turkmen: butparazlyk — worship of idols
• Ukrainian: ідолопокло́нство (idolopoklónstvo) — worship of idols
• Ukrainian: ідолові́рство (idolovírstvo) — worship of idols
• Urdu: بُت پَرَسْتی (but-parastī) — worship of idols
• Uyghur: بۇتپەرەسلىك (butpereslik) — worship of idols
• Uzbek: butparastlik — worship of idols
• Vietnamese: thờ ngẫu tượng — worship of idols
• Welsh: eilun-addoliad — worship of idols
• Welsh: eilun-addoliaeth — worship of idols
• Bulgarian: обожа́ние (obožánie) — excessive admiration
• Dutch: verafgoding — excessive admiration
• Dutch: idolatrie — excessive admiration
• Finnish: ihannointi — excessive admiration
• German: Vergötterung — excessive admiration
• German: Bewunderung — excessive admiration
• Greek: ειδωλολατρία (eidololatría) — excessive admiration
• Hebrew: הערצה — excessive admiration
• Hebrew: סגידה — excessive admiration
• Hungarian: bálványozás — excessive admiration
• Macedonian: обожување (obožuvanje) — excessive admiration
• Macedonian: боготворење (bogotvorenje) — excessive admiration
• Middle English: mawmetrie — excessive admiration
• Occitan: idolatria — excessive admiration
• Polish: ubóstwianie — excessive admiration
• Polish: bałwochwalstwo — excessive admiration
• Portuguese: idolatria — excessive admiration
• Portuguese: veneração — excessive admiration
• Russian: обожа́ние (obožánije) — excessive admiration
• Russian: боготворе́ние (bogotvorénije) — excessive admiration
• Russian: поклоне́ние (poklonénije) — excessive admiration
• Russian: обожествле́ние (obožestvlénije) — excessive admiration