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oral tradition

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Atayal: lmuhuw — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 口頭傳統 /口头传统 (kǒutóu chuántǒng) — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Czech: ústní tradice — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Dutch: orale traditie — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Dutch: mondelinge traditie — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Dutch: mondelinge overlevering — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Esperanto: parola tradicio — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Finnish: suullinen perinne — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • French: tradition orale — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • German: mündlich überlieferte Tradition — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • German: mündliche Überlieferung — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Hungarian: szájhagyomány — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Irish: béalaireacht — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: muntlig tradisjon — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Norwegian Bokmål: muntlig overlevering — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: munnleg tradisjon — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: munnleg overlevering — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Polish: tradycja ustna — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Slovak: ústna tradícia — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Slovak: ústne podanie — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another
  • Spanish: tradición oral — cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another