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Adam's disobedience to God.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The misdeed partially or entirely responsible for all of the similar ones after it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
a sin said to be inherited by all descendants of Adam
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Adam and Eve committed the original sin when they ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: actual sin
Broader terms: sin, sinning, religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed
Calque of Latin peccātum orīgināle, a phrase used by 4th-century Berber theologian and saint Augustine of Hippo in his interpretations of the Bible.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
arvesynd
— Adam's disobedience
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Finnish:
perisynti
— Adam's disobedience
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French:
péché originel
— Adam's disobedience
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German:
Ursünde
— Adam's disobedience
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German:
Erbsünde
— Adam's disobedience
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Icelandic:
erfðasynd
— Adam's disobedience
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Italian:
peccato originale
— Adam's disobedience
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Latin:
peccātum orīgināle
— Adam's disobedience
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Romanian:
păcatul originar
— Adam's disobedience
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Romanian:
păcatul strămoșesc
— Adam's disobedience
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Arabic:
اَلْخَطِيئَة اَلْأَصْلِيَّة
(al-ḵaṭīʔa l-ʔaṣliyya)
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Catalan:
pecat original
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Chinese Mandarin:
原罪
(yuánzuì)
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Crimean Tatar:
ilk güna
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Czech:
prvotní hřích
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Danish:
arvesynd
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Dutch:
erfzonde
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Faroese:
arvasynd
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Faroese:
arvsynd
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Finnish:
perisynti
— state of sinfulness in each human
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French:
péché originel
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Galician:
pecado orixinal
— state of sinfulness in each human
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German:
Erbsünde
— state of sinfulness in each human
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German:
Ursünde
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Greek:
προπατορικό αμάρτημα
(propatorikó amártima)
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Ancient Greek:
προπατορικὸν ἁμάρτημα
(propatorikòn hamártēma)
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Hebrew:
הַחֵטְא הַקַּדְמוֹן
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Icelandic:
erfðasynd
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Indonesian:
dosa asal
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Irish:
peaca an tsinsir
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Italian:
peccato originale
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Japanese:
原罪
(genzai)
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Latin:
peccātum orīgināle
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Latvian:
iedzimtais grēks
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Macedonian:
првороден грев
(prvoroden grev)
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Malay:
dosa asal
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Norwegian Bokmål:
arvesynd
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
arvesynd
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Polish:
grzech pierworodny
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Portuguese:
pecado original
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Romanian:
păcat originar
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Romanian:
păcat strămoșesc
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Russian:
перворо́дный гре́х
(pervoródnyj gréx)
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Scottish Gaelic:
peacadh-gine
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Scottish Gaelic:
peacadh an nàdair
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Spanish:
pecado original
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Swedish:
arvsynd
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Tagalog:
salang orihinal
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Tagalog:
unang sala
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Thai:
บาปกําเนิด
(bàap-gam-nə̀ət)
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Vietnamese:
nguyên tội
— state of sinfulness in each human
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Welsh:
llwgr gwreiddiol
— state of sinfulness in each human
