purgatory

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• General-American: /ˈpɝɡəˌtɔɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːɡət(ə)ɹi/
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From Middle English purgatorie, from Old French purgatore, purgatorie, from Latin purgātōrium (“cleansing”). Cognate to English purge.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: purgator — intermediate state after physical death
• Arabic: مَطْهَر (maṭhar) — intermediate state after physical death
• Armenian: քավարան (kʻavaran) — intermediate state after physical death
• Baduy: ᮘᮜᮌᮓᮙ (balagadama) — intermediate state after physical death
• Basque: garbitoki — intermediate state after physical death
• Belarusian: чысьце́ц (čysʹcjéc) — intermediate state after physical death
• Bulgarian: чисти́лище (čistílište) — intermediate state after physical death
• Catalan: purgatori — intermediate state after physical death
• Chinese Mandarin: 煉獄 /炼狱 (liànyù) — intermediate state after physical death
• Czech: očistec — intermediate state after physical death
• Danish: skærsild — intermediate state after physical death
• Dutch: vagevuur — intermediate state after physical death
• Dutch: purgatorium — intermediate state after physical death
• Esperanto: purgatorio — intermediate state after physical death
• Estonian: puhastustuli — intermediate state after physical death
• Estonian: purgatoorium — intermediate state after physical death
• Finnish: kiirastuli — intermediate state after physical death
• French: purgatoire — intermediate state after physical death
• Galician: purgatorio — intermediate state after physical death
• German: Fegefeuer — intermediate state after physical death
• German: Fegfeuer — intermediate state after physical death
• German: Purgatorium — intermediate state after physical death
• German: Fëgfüür — intermediate state after physical death
• Greek: καθαρτήριο (kathartírio) — intermediate state after physical death
• Ancient Greek: καθαρτήριον (kathartḗrion) — intermediate state after physical death
• Hebrew: כור המצרף — intermediate state after physical death
• Hungarian: purgatórium — intermediate state after physical death
• Hungarian: tisztítótűz — intermediate state after physical death
• Icelandic: hreinsunareldur — intermediate state after physical death
• Indonesian: api penyucian — intermediate state after physical death
• Indonesian: purgatorium — intermediate state after physical death
• Irish: purgadóir — intermediate state after physical death
• Italian: purgatorio — intermediate state after physical death
• Japanese: 煉獄 (rengoku) — intermediate state after physical death
• Korean: 연옥 (yeonok) — intermediate state after physical death
• Latin: purgatorium — intermediate state after physical death
• Lithuanian: skaistykla — intermediate state after physical death
• Macedonian: чистилиште (čistilište) — intermediate state after physical death
• Middle English: purgatorie — intermediate state after physical death
• Norwegian: skjærsilden — intermediate state after physical death
• Norwegian: purgatoriet — intermediate state after physical death
• Occitan: purgatòri — intermediate state after physical death
• Persian: بَرزَخ — intermediate state after physical death
• Polish: czyściec — intermediate state after physical death
• Portuguese: purgatório — intermediate state after physical death
• Romanian: purgatoriu — intermediate state after physical death
• Russian: чисти́лище (čistílišče) — intermediate state after physical death
• Serbo-Croatian: чистилиште — intermediate state after physical death
• Serbo-Croatian: čistilište — intermediate state after physical death
• Slovak: očistec — intermediate state after physical death
• Slovene: vice — intermediate state after physical death
• Lower Sorbian: cysć — intermediate state after physical death
• Spanish: purgatorio — intermediate state after physical death
• Swedish: skärselden — intermediate state after physical death
• Tagalog: purgatoryo — intermediate state after physical death
• Turkish: araf — intermediate state after physical death
• Ukrainian: чисти́лище (čystýlyšče) — intermediate state after physical death
• Vietnamese: luyện ngục — intermediate state after physical death
• Volapük: purgator — intermediate state after physical death
• Welsh: purdan — intermediate state after physical death
• Czech: očistec — situation causing suffering
• Dutch: vagevuur — situation causing suffering
• Finnish: kiirastuli — situation causing suffering
• German: Purgatorium — situation causing suffering
• Irish: purgadóir — situation causing suffering
• Middle English: purgatorie — situation causing suffering
• Polish: katusze — situation causing suffering
• Polish: męka — situation causing suffering
• Portuguese: suplício — situation causing suffering