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From Middle English religiouse, religious, religius, religeous, from Anglo-Norman religieus, religius, from Old French religious, religieux, and their source, Latin religiōsus (“religious, superstitious, conscientious”), from religiō. Doublet of religieux.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: religieus — concerning religion
• Afrikaans: godsdienstig — concerning religion
• Arabic: دِينِيّ (dīniyy) — concerning religion
• Armenian: կրոնական (kronakan) — concerning religion
• Asturian: relixosu — concerning religion
• Azerbaijani: dini — concerning religion
• Belarusian: рэлігі́йны (relihíjny) — concerning religion
• Bulgarian: религио́зен (religiózen) — concerning religion
• Bulgarian: верски (verski) — concerning religion
• Catalan: religiós — concerning religion
• Chinese Mandarin: 宗教 (zōngjiào) — concerning religion
• Czech: náboženský — concerning religion
• Danish: religiøs — concerning religion
• Dutch: religieus — concerning religion
• Esperanto: religia — concerning religion
• Finnish: uskonnollinen — concerning religion
• French: religieux — concerning religion
• Galician: relixioso — concerning religion
• German: religiös — concerning religion
• Greek: θρήσκος (thrískos) — concerning religion
• Hindi: धार्मिक (dhārmik) — concerning religion
• Hungarian: vallási — concerning religion
• Indonesian: keagamaan — concerning religion
• Indonesian: agamawi — concerning religion
• Indonesian: religius — concerning religion
• Italian: religioso — concerning religion
• Japanese: 宗教的 (shūkyōteki) — concerning religion
• Kazakh: діни (dıni) — concerning religion
• Korean: 종교적 (jonggyojeok) — concerning religion
• Central Kurdish: دینی (dînî) — concerning religion
• Kyrgyz: диний (diniy) — concerning religion
• Latin: religiōsus — concerning religion
• Latvian: reliģisks — concerning religion
• Luxembourgish: reliéis — concerning religion
• Malay: keagamaan — concerning religion
• Maltese: reliġjuż — concerning religion
• Marathi: धार्मिक (dhārmik) — concerning religion
• Norman: r'ligieux — concerning religion
• Occitan: religiós — concerning religion
• Old English: ǣfæst — concerning religion
• Persian: دینی (dini) — concerning religion
• Polish: religijny — concerning religion
• Portuguese: religioso — concerning religion
• Romanian: religios — concerning religion
• Russian: религио́зный (religióznyj) — concerning religion
• Serbo-Croatian: rèlīgījskī — concerning religion
• Serbo-Croatian: vjèrskī — concerning religion
• Southern Altai: кудайлу (kudaylu) — concerning religion
• Spanish: religioso — concerning religion
• Swedish: religiös — concerning religion
• Turkish: dinî — concerning religion
• Turkish: dini — concerning religion
• Turkish: dinsel — concerning religion
• Ukrainian: релігі́йний (relihíjnyj) — concerning religion
• Uyghur: دىنىي (diniy) — concerning religion
• Uzbek: diniy — concerning religion
• Vietnamese: tôn giáo — concerning religion
• Welsh: crefyddol — concerning religion
• Afrikaans: religieus — committed to the practice of religion
• Afrikaans: godsdienstig — committed to the practice of religion
• Arabic: مُتَدَيِّنٌ (mutadayyinun) — committed to the practice of religion
• Arabic: دَيِّنٌ (dayyinun) — committed to the practice of religion
• Armenian: հավատացյալ (havatacʻyal) — committed to the practice of religion
• Asturian: relixosu — committed to the practice of religion
• Azerbaijani: dindar — committed to the practice of religion
• Belarusian: рэлігі́йны (relihíjny) — committed to the practice of religion
• Belarusian: ве́руючы (vjérujučy) — committed to the practice of religion
• Bengali: ধার্মিক (dharmik) — committed to the practice of religion
• Bulgarian: религио́зен (religiózen) — committed to the practice of religion
• Bulgarian: вя́рващ (vjárvašt) — committed to the practice of religion
• Catalan: religiós — committed to the practice of religion
• Chinese Mandarin: 篤信宗教的 /笃信宗教的 (dǔxìn zōngjiào de) — committed to the practice of religion
• Chinese Mandarin: 信仰的 (xìnyǎng de) — committed to the practice of religion
• Czech: religiózní — committed to the practice of religion
• Danish: religiøs — committed to the practice of religion
• Dutch: godsdienstig — committed to the practice of religion
• Dutch: religieus — committed to the practice of religion
• Finnish: uskonnollinen — committed to the practice of religion
• French: religieux — committed to the practice of religion
• Galician: relixioso — committed to the practice of religion
• German: religiös — committed to the practice of religion
• German: gläubig — committed to the practice of religion
• Gujarati: ધાર્મિક (dhārmik) — committed to the practice of religion
• Hebrew: דָּתִי (datí) — committed to the practice of religion
• Hindi: धार्मिक (dhārmik) — committed to the practice of religion
• Hungarian: vallásos — committed to the practice of religion
• Indonesian: agamis — committed to the practice of religion
• Irish: diaganta — committed to the practice of religion
• Irish: cráifeach — committed to the practice of religion
• Italian: religioso — committed to the practice of religion
• Japanese: 信仰的 (shinkōteki) — committed to the practice of religion
• Kyrgyz: динчил (dincil) — committed to the practice of religion
• Latvian: reliģiozs — committed to the practice of religion
• Maltese: reliġjuż — committed to the practice of religion
• Māori: whakapono — committed to the practice of religion
• Marathi: धार्मिक (dhārmik) — committed to the practice of religion
• Norman: r'ligieux — committed to the practice of religion
• Norwegian: religiøs — committed to the practice of religion
• Persian: دیندار (dindâr) — committed to the practice of religion
• Persian: مذهبی (mazhabi) — committed to the practice of religion
• Plautdietsch: fromm — committed to the practice of religion
• Portuguese: religioso — committed to the practice of religion
• Russian: религио́зный (religióznyj) — committed to the practice of religion
• Russian: ве́рующий (vérujuščij) — committed to the practice of religion
• Scottish Gaelic: cràbhach — committed to the practice of religion
• Serbo-Croatian: rèlīgījskī — committed to the practice of religion
• Serbo-Croatian: vjèrskī — committed to the practice of religion
• Spanish: religioso — committed to the practice of religion
• Swedish: religiös — committed to the practice of religion
• Turkish: dindar — committed to the practice of religion
• Turkish: inançlı — committed to the practice of religion
• Ukrainian: релігійний (relihijnyj) — committed to the practice of religion
• Ukrainian: ві́руючий (vírujučyj) — committed to the practice of religion
• Vietnamese: sùng đạo — committed to the practice of religion
• Vietnamese: mộ đạo — committed to the practice of religion
• Afrikaans: religieus — highly dedicated
• Danish: religiøs — highly dedicated
• Finnish: uskollinen — highly dedicated
• Finnish: fanaattinen — highly dedicated
• Galician: relixioso — highly dedicated
• Hungarian: megrögzött — highly dedicated
• Afrikaans: religieus — belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation
• Afrikaans: godsdienstig — belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation
• French: religieux — belonging or pertaining to a religious order or congregation
• Bulgarian: монах (monah) — member of religious order
• Finnish: uskova — member of religious order
• Finnish: uskovainen — member of religious order
• French: religieux — member of religious order
• French: religieuse — member of religious order
• Galician: relixioso — member of religious order
• German: Ordensmitglied — member of religious order
• German: Ordensleute — member of religious order
• Polish: zakonnik — member of religious order
• Polish: zakonnica — member of religious order