polytheism

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• /pɒl.ɪˈθiː.ɪz.əm/
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From French polythéisme, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) and θεός (theós, “god”), corresponding to poly- + theism.

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شِرْك (širk) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Arabic: تَعَدُّد الْآلِهَة (taʕaddud al-ʔāliha) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Armenian: բազմաստվածություն (bazmastvacutʻyun) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Armenian: պոլիթեիզմ (politʻeizm) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Asturian: politeísmu — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Azerbaijani: politeizm — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Azerbaijani: çoxallahlılıq — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Azerbaijani: çoxtanrıçılıq — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Belarusian: шматбо́жжа (šmatbóžža) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Belarusian: мнагабо́жжа (mnahabóžža) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Belarusian: палітэі́зм (paliteízm) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Bengali: বহুঈশ্বরবাদ (bohuiśśorbad) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Breton: liesdoueegezh — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Bulgarian: политеи́зъм (politeízǎm) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Bulgarian: многобожие (mnogobožie) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Catalan: politeisme — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Chinese Cantonese: 多神教 (do1 san4 gaau3) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Chinese Mandarin: 多神教 (duōshénjiào) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Czech: polyteismus — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Czech: mnohobožství — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Danish: polyteisme — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Dutch: polytheïsme — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Esperanto: politeismo — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Estonian: polüteism — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Finnish: monijumalisuus — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Finnish: polyteismi — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• French: polythéisme — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Galician: politeísmo — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Georgian: პოლითეიზმი (ṗoliteizmi) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Georgian: მრავალღმერთიანობა (mravalɣmertianoba) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• German: Polytheismus — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Greek: πολυθεϊσμός (polytheïsmós) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Paraguayan Guarani: tupã hetávare jerovia — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Hebrew: פוליתאיזם — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Hindi: बहुदेववाद (bahudevvād) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Hungarian: politeizmus — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Icelandic: fjölgyðistrú — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Ido: politeismo — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Indonesian: politeisme — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Irish: ildiachas — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Italian: politeismo — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Japanese: 多神教 (tashinkyō) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Kazakh: көпқұдайлық (köpqūdailyq) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Kazakh: көптәңірлік (köptäñırlık) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Khmer: ពហុទេពនិយម (pea’hu’ teep ni’yum) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Korean: 다신교 (dasin'gyo) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Korean: 다신론 (dasillon) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Latin: polytheismus — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Latvian: politeisms — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Lithuanian: politeizmas — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Macedonian: многубо́штво (mnogubóštvo) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Macedonian: политеи́зам (politeízam) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Maltese: politeiżmu — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Manx: yl-jeeaghys — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Occitan: politeïsme — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Persian: چندخدایی (čand-xodâyi) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Persian: شرک (šerk) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Polish: politeizm — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Polish: wielobóstwo — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Portuguese: politeísmo — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Romanian: politeism — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Russian: политеи́зм (politɛízm) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Russian: многобо́жие (mnogobóžije) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Scottish Gaelic: ioma-dhiadhachd — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Serbo-Croatian: политеизам — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Serbo-Croatian: многобоштво — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Serbo-Croatian: politeizam — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Serbo-Croatian: mnogoboštvo — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Slovak: mnohobožstvo — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Slovak: polyteizmus — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Slovene: politeizem — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Spanish: politeísmo — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Swahili: upolitheisti — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Swahili: ushirikina — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Swedish: polyteism — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Thai: พหุเทวนิยม (pá-hù tay-wá-ní-yom) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Turkish: politeizm — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Turkish: çoktanrıcılık — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Ukrainian: політеї́зм (politejízm) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Ukrainian: багатобо́жжя (bahatobóžžja) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Urdu: شرک (širk) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Urdu: کثرت پرستی (kasrat parastī) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Uyghur: كۆپ خۇدالىق دىن (köp xudaliq din) — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Vietnamese: thuyết đa thần — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Volapük: mödagod — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Welsh: amldduwiaeth — belief in the existence of multiple gods
• Yiddish: פּאַליטייזאַם (paliteyzam) — belief in the existence of multiple gods