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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis, “Nemesis, goddess of retribution”).

From the Greek goddess of retribution Nemesis (Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis)).

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: Նեմեսիս — Greek goddess of retribution
• Catalan: Nèmesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Chinese Mandarin: 涅墨西斯 (Nièmòxīsī) — Greek goddess of retribution
• Czech: Nemesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Dutch: Nemesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Finnish: Nemesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• French: Némésis — Greek goddess of retribution
• German: Nemesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Greek: Νέμεσις (Némesis) — Greek goddess of retribution
• Ancient Greek: Νέμεσις (Némesis) — Greek goddess of retribution
• Hebrew: נמסיס — Greek goddess of retribution
• Hungarian: Nemeszisz — Greek goddess of retribution
• Italian: Nemesi — Greek goddess of retribution
• Japanese: ネメシス (Nemeshisu) — Greek goddess of retribution
• Korean: 네메시스 (Nemesiseu) — Greek goddess of retribution
• Latin: Nemesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Polish: Nemezis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Brazilian Portuguese: Nêmesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• European Portuguese: Némesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Romanian: Nemesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Russian: Немези́да (Nemezída) — Greek goddess of retribution
• Spanish: Némesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Turkish: Nemesis — Greek goddess of retribution
• Ukrainian: Немези́да (Nemezýda) — Greek goddess of retribution
• Spanish: némesis — archenemy
• Bulgarian: възмездие (vǎzmezdie) — principle of retributive justice
• Cebuano: gaba — principle of retributive justice
• Macedonian: одмазда (odmazda) — principle of retributive justice
• Dutch: wrekende gerechtigheid — punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided
• Finnish: kohtalo — punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided
• Spanish: némesis — punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided
• Bulgarian: противоположност (protivopoložnost) — polar opposite of a character
• Dutch: tegenvoeter — polar opposite of a character
• Dutch: tegenpool — polar opposite of a character
• Finnish: nemesis — polar opposite of a character
• Bulgarian: отмъщение (otmǎštenie) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Bulgarian: отплата (otplata) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Bulgarian: възмездие (vǎzmezdie) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Chinese Mandarin: 報應 /报应 (bàoyìng) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Chinese Mandarin: 剋星 /克星 (kèxīng) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Czech: odplata — righteous infliction of retribution
• Finnish: hyvitys — righteous infliction of retribution
• Japanese: 報復 (hōfuku) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Macedonian: одмазда (odmazda) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Russian: возме́здие (vozmézdije) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Russian: воздая́ние (vozdajánije) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Russian: распла́та (raspláta) — righteous infliction of retribution
• Spanish: némesis — righteous infliction of retribution