proselyte

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• UK: /ˈpɹɒsəlaɪt/
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• US: /ˈpɹɑsəˌlaɪt/
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From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselytus (“proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from πρός (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -ηλυ- of ἐλήλυθα (elḗlutha), perfect of ἔρχομαι (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew גר (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: prosèlit — one who has converted to a religion
• Dutch: bekeerling — one who has converted to a religion
• Dutch: jodengenoot — one who has converted to a religion
• Finnish: käännynnäinen — one who has converted to a religion
• French: prosélyte — one who has converted to a religion
• French: néophyte — one who has converted to a religion
• German: Proselyt — one who has converted to a religion
• German: Judengenosse — one who has converted to a religion
• Greek: προσήλυτος (prosílytos) — one who has converted to a religion
• Ancient Greek: προσήλυτος (prosḗlutos) — one who has converted to a religion
• Hungarian: megtért (új hitre, vallásra) — one who has converted to a religion
• Hungarian: áttért — one who has converted to a religion
• Hungarian: prozelita — one who has converted to a religion
• Ido: prozelito — one who has converted to a religion
• Italian: proselito — one who has converted to a religion
• Italian: neofita — one who has converted to a religion
• Polish: prozelita — one who has converted to a religion
• Polish: neofita — one who has converted to a religion
• Portuguese: prosélito — one who has converted to a religion
• Portuguese: neófito — one who has converted to a religion
• Russian: прозели́т (prozelít) — one who has converted to a religion
• Serbo-Croatian: prozelit — one who has converted to a religion
• Spanish: neófito — one who has converted to a religion
• Spanish: prosélito — one who has converted to a religion
• Swahili: mwongofu — one who has converted to a religion
• Swedish: proselyt — one who has converted to a religion
• Ukrainian: прозеліт (prozelit) — one who has converted to a religion
• Yiddish: גר (ger) — one who has converted to a religion
• Dutch: bekeren — proselytize