principle

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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/
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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪn.sə.pəl/
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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈpɹɪn.sə.pɫ̩]
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From Middle English principle, from Old French principe, from Latin prīncipium (“beginning, foundation”), from prīnceps (“first”). By surface analysis, prīmus (“first”) + -ceps (“catcher”); the former ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh2- (“before”); see also prince.

207 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: parim — fundamental assumption
• Arabic: مَبْدَأ (mabdaʔ) — fundamental assumption
• Arabic: قاعِدَة (qāʕida) — fundamental assumption
• Armenian: սկզբունք (skzbunkʻ) — fundamental assumption
• Armenian: սկզբնապատճառ (skzbnapatčaṙ) — fundamental assumption
• Armenian: պրինցիպ (princʻip) — fundamental assumption
• Asturian: principiu — fundamental assumption
• Azerbaijani: prinsip — fundamental assumption
• Belarusian: пры́нцып (prýncyp) — fundamental assumption
• Bengali: নিয়ম (niẏom) — fundamental assumption
• Bulgarian: при́нцип (príncip) — fundamental assumption
• Burmese: နိယာမ (ni.yama.) — fundamental assumption
• Catalan: principi — fundamental assumption
• Chinese Cantonese: 原理 (jyun4 lei5) — fundamental assumption
• Chinese Cantonese: 原則 /原则 (jyun4 zak1) — fundamental assumption
• Chinese Mandarin: 原理 (yuánlǐ) — fundamental assumption
• Chinese Mandarin: 原則 /原则 (yuánzé) — fundamental assumption
• Czech: zásada — fundamental assumption
• Czech: princip — fundamental assumption
• Danish: princip — fundamental assumption
• Dutch: principe — fundamental assumption
• Dutch: beginsel — fundamental assumption
• Esperanto: principo — fundamental assumption
• Estonian: põhimõte — fundamental assumption
• Estonian: printsiip — fundamental assumption
• Finnish: perusoletus — fundamental assumption
• Finnish: peruste — fundamental assumption
• Finnish: prinsiippi — fundamental assumption
• French: principe — fundamental assumption
• Georgian: პრინციპი (ṗrinciṗi) — fundamental assumption
• German: Grundsatz — fundamental assumption
• German: Prinzip — fundamental assumption
• Greek: αρχή (archí) — fundamental assumption
• Hebrew: עִקָּרוֹן (ikarón) — fundamental assumption
• Hindi: जड़सूत्र (jaṛsūtra) — fundamental assumption
• Hindi: असूल (asūl) — fundamental assumption
• Hindi: क़ायदा (qāydā) — fundamental assumption
• Hindi: नियम (niyam) — fundamental assumption
• Hungarian: elv — fundamental assumption
• Icelandic: lögmál — fundamental assumption
• Icelandic: prinsipp — fundamental assumption
• Indonesian: prinsip — fundamental assumption
• Irish: prionsabal — fundamental assumption
• Italian: principio — fundamental assumption
• Japanese: 原理 (genri) — fundamental assumption
• Japanese: 原則 (gensoku) — fundamental assumption
• Kazakh: қағида (qağida) — fundamental assumption
• Kazakh: қағидат (qağidat) — fundamental assumption
• Kazakh: ұстаным (ūstanym) — fundamental assumption
• Khmer: គោលការណ៍ (kool kaa) — fundamental assumption
• Khmer: មូលភាព (muulĕəʼphiəp) — fundamental assumption
• Korean: 원리 (wolli) — fundamental assumption
• Korean: 원칙 (wonchik) — fundamental assumption
• Northern Kurdish: prensîp — fundamental assumption
• Kyrgyz: принцип (printsip) — fundamental assumption
• Kyrgyz: ынаным (ınanım) — fundamental assumption
• Lao: ຫລັກ (lak) — fundamental assumption
• Lao: ກະທູ້ (ka thū) — fundamental assumption
• Lao: ຫຼັກການ (lak kān) — fundamental assumption
• Latin: institūtum — fundamental assumption
• Latvian: princips — fundamental assumption
• Lithuanian: principas — fundamental assumption
• Luxembourgish: Prinzip — fundamental assumption
• Macedonian: принцип (princip) — fundamental assumption
• Macedonian: начело (načelo) — fundamental assumption
• Malay: prinsip — fundamental assumption
• Malayalam: തത്ത്വം (tattvaṁ) — fundamental assumption
• Maltese: prinċipju — fundamental assumption
• Māori: mātāpono — fundamental assumption
• Mongolian: зарчим (zarčim) — fundamental assumption
• Norwegian Bokmål: prinsipp — fundamental assumption
• Pashto: اصل (asul) — fundamental assumption
• Pashto: قاعده (qā'ida) — fundamental assumption
• Iranian Persian: اَصْل (asl) — fundamental assumption
• Iranian Persian: قاعِدِه (ġâ'ede) — fundamental assumption
• Polish: zasada — fundamental assumption
• Polish: reguła — fundamental assumption
• Portuguese: princípio — fundamental assumption
• Quechua: tiksi — fundamental assumption
• Romanian: principiu — fundamental assumption
• Russian: при́нцип (príncip) — fundamental assumption
• Sanskrit: नियम (niyamá) — fundamental assumption
• Scottish Gaelic: prionnsabal — fundamental assumption
• Serbo-Croatian: прѝнцӣп — fundamental assumption
• Serbo-Croatian: наче́ло — fundamental assumption
• Serbo-Croatian: prìncīp — fundamental assumption
• Serbo-Croatian: načélo — fundamental assumption
• Slovak: zásada — fundamental assumption
• Slovak: princíp — fundamental assumption
• Slovene: princip — fundamental assumption
• Slovene: načelo — fundamental assumption
• Spanish: principio — fundamental assumption
• Swedish: princip — fundamental assumption
• Tagalog: simulain — fundamental assumption
• Tajik: принтсип (printsip) — fundamental assumption
• Tajik: асос (asos) — fundamental assumption
• Tajik: усул (usul) — fundamental assumption
• Tajik: қоида (qoyida) — fundamental assumption
• Tajik: асл (asl) — fundamental assumption
• Thai: หลัก (làk) — fundamental assumption
• Thai: คติ (ká-dtì) — fundamental assumption
• Thai: กฎ (gòt) — fundamental assumption
• Thai: นโยบาย (ná-yoo-baai) — fundamental assumption
• Thai: หลักการ (làk-gaan) — fundamental assumption
• Turkish: prensip — fundamental assumption
• Turkish: ilke — fundamental assumption
• Ottoman Turkish: تمل (temel) — fundamental assumption
• Turkmen: prinsip — fundamental assumption
• Ukrainian: при́нцип (prýncyp) — fundamental assumption
• Urdu: قاعِدَہ (qā'ida) — fundamental assumption
• Urdu: اَصْل (asl) — fundamental assumption
• Uyghur: پرىنسىپ (prinsip) — fundamental assumption
• Uzbek: prinsip — fundamental assumption
• Vietnamese: nguyên lí — fundamental assumption
• Vietnamese: nguyên tắc — fundamental assumption
• Volapük: prinsip — fundamental assumption
• Welsh: egwyddor — fundamental assumption
• Yiddish: פּרינציפּ (printsip) — fundamental assumption
• Armenian: օրենք (ōrenkʻ) — rule to solve a problem
• Armenian: սկզբունք (skzbunkʻ) — rule to solve a problem
• Bulgarian: пра́вило (právilo) — rule to solve a problem
• Esperanto: principo — rule to solve a problem
• Finnish: periaate — rule to solve a problem
• French: principe — rule to solve a problem
• German: Prinzip — rule to solve a problem
• Hebrew: עִקָּרוֹן (ikarón) — rule to solve a problem
• Italian: regola — rule to solve a problem
• Japanese: 主義 (shugi) — rule to solve a problem
• Japanese: 原則 (gensoku) — rule to solve a problem
• Kazakh: принцип (prinsip) — rule to solve a problem
• Kazakh: қағидат (qağidat) — rule to solve a problem
• Norwegian Bokmål: prinsipp — rule to solve a problem
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prinsipp — rule to solve a problem
• Polish: zasada — rule to solve a problem
• Polish: reguła — rule to solve a problem
• Portuguese: princípio — rule to solve a problem
• Russian: при́нцип (príncip) — rule to solve a problem
• Scottish Gaelic: prionnsabal — rule to solve a problem
• Slovene: načelo — rule to solve a problem
• Spanish: principio — rule to solve a problem
• Swedish: princip — rule to solve a problem
• Tagalog: simulain — rule to solve a problem
• Ukrainian: при́нцип (prýncyp) — rule to solve a problem
• Welsh: egwyddor — rule to solve a problem
• Armenian: սկզբունք (skzbunkʻ) — moral rule or aspect
• Bulgarian: при́нцип (príncip) — moral rule or aspect
• Catalan: principi — moral rule or aspect
• Chinese Mandarin: 原則 /原则 (yuánzé) — moral rule or aspect
• Czech: zásada — moral rule or aspect
• Dutch: principe — moral rule or aspect
• Esperanto: principo — moral rule or aspect
• Estonian: põhimõte — moral rule or aspect
• Finnish: periaate — moral rule or aspect
• Finnish: prinsiippi — moral rule or aspect
• French: principe — moral rule or aspect
• German: Prinzip — moral rule or aspect
• Hebrew: עִקָּרוֹן (ikarón) — moral rule or aspect
• Icelandic: prinsipp — moral rule or aspect
• Italian: principio — moral rule or aspect
• Italian: valore — moral rule or aspect
• Japanese: 主義 (shugi) — moral rule or aspect
• Japanese: 信念 (shinnen) — moral rule or aspect
• Japanese: 行動指針 (kōdō shishin) — moral rule or aspect
• Kazakh: қағидат (qağidat) — moral rule or aspect
• Central Kurdish: بیرو باوەر (bîru bawer) — moral rule or aspect
• Malayalam: തത്ത്വം (tattvaṁ) — moral rule or aspect
• Māori: mātāpono — moral rule or aspect
• Middle English: comaundement — moral rule or aspect
• Norwegian Bokmål: prinsipp — moral rule or aspect
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prinsipp — moral rule or aspect
• Polish: zasada — moral rule or aspect
• Portuguese: princípio — moral rule or aspect
• Russian: при́нцип (príncip) — moral rule or aspect
• Sanskrit: उपदेश (upadeśa) — moral rule or aspect
• Scottish Gaelic: prionnsabal — moral rule or aspect
• Slovene: načelo — moral rule or aspect
• Spanish: principio — moral rule or aspect
• Swedish: princip — moral rule or aspect
• Tagalog: simulain — moral rule or aspect
• Turkish: ilke — moral rule or aspect
• Turkish: prensip — moral rule or aspect
• Ukrainian: при́нцип (prýncyp) — moral rule or aspect
• Welsh: egwyddor — moral rule or aspect
• Armenian: սկզբունք (skzbunkʻ) — rule of nature
• Bulgarian: при́нцип (príncip) — rule of nature
• Czech: princip — rule of nature
• Esperanto: principo — rule of nature
• Finnish: luonnonlaki — rule of nature
• French: principe — rule of nature
• German: Naturgesetz — rule of nature
• Hebrew: עִקָּרוֹן (ikarón) — rule of nature
• Italian: principio — rule of nature
• Japanese: 原理 (genri) — rule of nature
• Korean: 원리 (wolli) — rule of nature
• Malayalam: തത്ത്വം (tattvaṁ) — rule of nature
• Norwegian Bokmål: prinsipp — rule of nature
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prinsipp — rule of nature
• Polish: prawo — rule of nature
• Polish: zasada — rule of nature
• Portuguese: princípio — rule of nature
• Scottish Gaelic: prionnsabal — rule of nature
• Spanish: principio — rule of nature
• Tagalog: simulain — rule of nature
• Turkish: ilke — rule of nature
• Turkish: kanun — rule of nature
• Ottoman Turkish: قاعده (kaʿide) — rule of nature
• Ukrainian: зако́н (zakón) — rule of nature