preach

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• US: /pɹit͡ʃ/
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From Middle English prechen, from Old French prëechier, precchier (Modern French prêcher), from Latin praedicō (“to proclaim, announce”, literally “to fore-assign, pre-dedicate”). Doublet of predicate. The Latin word is also the source of Old English predician (“to preach”), Saterland Frisian preetje (“to preach”), West Frisian preekje (“to preach”), Dutch preken (“to preach”), German Low German preken (“to preach”), German predigen (“to preach”), Danish prædike (“to preach”), Swedish predika (“to preach”), Icelandic prédika (“to preach”), Norwegian Nynorsk preika (“to preach”).

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَطَبَ (ḵaṭaba) — give a sermon
• Arabic: وَعَظَ (waʕaẓa) — give a sermon
• Arabic: خطب (ḵṭab) — give a sermon
• Armenian: քարոզել (kʻarozel) — give a sermon
• Bulgarian: проповя́двам (propovjádvam) — give a sermon
• Chinese Mandarin: 講道 /讲道 (jiǎngdào) — give a sermon
• Ngazidja Comorian: uhutuɓu — give a sermon
• Czech: kázat — give a sermon
• Dutch: verkondigen — give a sermon
• Dutch: preken — give a sermon
• Dutch: prediken — give a sermon
• Esperanto: prediki — give a sermon
• Finnish: saarnata — give a sermon
• French: prêcher — give a sermon
• Galician: predicar — give a sermon
• Galician: sermonar — give a sermon
• Georgian: ქადაგება (kadageba) — give a sermon
• Georgian: ქადაგებს (kadagebs) — give a sermon
• German: predigen — give a sermon
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (mērjan) — give a sermon
• Greek: κηρύσσω (kirýsso) — give a sermon
• Ancient Greek: κηρύσσω (kērússō) — give a sermon
• Hungarian: prédikál — give a sermon
• Icelandic: predika — give a sermon
• Ido: predikar — give a sermon
• Irish: seanmóir a thabhairt — give a sermon
• Old Irish: pridchaid — give a sermon
• Italian: predicare — give a sermon
• Luxembourgish: priedegen — give a sermon
• Macedonian: проповеда (propoveda) — give a sermon
• Manx: preaçh — give a sermon
• Manx: sharmanee — give a sermon
• Māori: kauhau — give a sermon
• Māori: kauwhau — give a sermon
• Khiamniungan Naga: āchìm — give a sermon
• Norwegian Bokmål: preke — give a sermon
• Norwegian Nynorsk: preika — give a sermon
• Old English: predician — give a sermon
• Portuguese: pregar — give a sermon
• Kalo Finnish Romani: rakkavaa deevelesko lau — give a sermon
• Kalo Finnish Romani: rikkavaa preediika — give a sermon
• Romanian: predica — give a sermon
• Russian: пропове́довать (propovédovatʹ) — give a sermon
• Scottish Gaelic: searmonaich — give a sermon
• Serbo-Croatian: propovijédati — give a sermon
• Serbo-Croatian: propovédati — give a sermon
• Slovak: kázať — give a sermon
• Slovene: prídigati — give a sermon
• Lower Sorbian: prjatkowaś — give a sermon
• Spanish: predicar — give a sermon
• Swedish: predika — give a sermon
• Walloon: pretchî — give a sermon
• Welsh: pregethu — give a sermon
• Arabic: كَرَزَ (karaza) — proclaim by public discourse
• Aramaic: ܟܪܰܙ (kraz) — proclaim by public discourse
• Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כְּרַז (kraz) — proclaim by public discourse
• Aramaic: כְּרַז (kraz) — proclaim by public discourse
• Bulgarian: проповя́двам (propovjádvam) — proclaim by public discourse
• Chinese Mandarin: 宣揚 /宣扬 (xuānyáng) — proclaim by public discourse
• Coptic: ⲕⲏⲣⲩⲥⲥⲉ (kērusse) — proclaim by public discourse
• Finnish: saarnata — proclaim by public discourse
• French: proclamer — proclaim by public discourse
• French: prêcher — proclaim by public discourse
• Galician: proclamar — proclaim by public discourse
• Galician: predicar — proclaim by public discourse
• German: predigen — proclaim by public discourse
• German: verkündigen — proclaim by public discourse
• Greek: κηρύσσω (kirýsso) — proclaim by public discourse
• Ancient Greek: κηρύσσω (kērússō) — proclaim by public discourse
• Irish: craobhscaoil — proclaim by public discourse
• Italian: predicare — proclaim by public discourse
• Latin: praedicō — proclaim by public discourse
• Polish: głosić — proclaim by public discourse
• Polish: kazać — proclaim by public discourse
• Russian: пропове́довать (propovédovatʹ) — proclaim by public discourse
• Serbo-Croatian: propovijédati — proclaim by public discourse
• Serbo-Croatian: propovédati — proclaim by public discourse
• Slovene: prídigati — proclaim by public discourse
• Spanish: predicar — proclaim by public discourse
• Swahili: kutangaza — proclaim by public discourse
• Armenian: քարոզել (kʻarozel) — advise or recommend earnestly
• Bulgarian: поучавам (poučavam) — advise or recommend earnestly
• Chinese Mandarin: 說教 /说教 (shuōjiào) — advise or recommend earnestly
• Czech: kázat — advise or recommend earnestly
• Finnish: saarnata — advise or recommend earnestly
• Galician: predicar — advise or recommend earnestly
• Galician: sermonar — advise or recommend earnestly
• German: predigen — advise or recommend earnestly
• Hungarian: prédikál — advise or recommend earnestly
• Icelandic: predika — advise or recommend earnestly
• Italian: predicare — advise or recommend earnestly
• Macedonian: проповеда (propoveda) — advise or recommend earnestly
• Portuguese: pregar — advise or recommend earnestly
• Spanish: predicar — advise or recommend earnestly
• Swedish: predika — advise or recommend earnestly
• Walloon: pretchî — advise or recommend earnestly
• Walloon: pirlodjî — advise or recommend earnestly