reverence

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• /ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/
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From Middle English reverence (noun) and reverencen (verb), from Old French reverence and Latin reverentia, from Latin revereor (“to stand in awe, respect, revere”), from re- + vereor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, heed, notice”).

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: почит (počit) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Bulgarian: уважение (uvaženie) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Catalan: reverència — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 崇敬 (chóng jìng) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Dutch: verering — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Dutch: respect — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Dutch: eerbied — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Esperanto: respektego — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Finnish: kunnioitus — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Finnish: jumalanpelko — veneration; profound awe and respect
• North Frisian: Foriiring — veneration; profound awe and respect
• North Frisian: Biwunering — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Saterland Frisian: Eerhaftigaid — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Saterland Frisian: Fererenge — veneration; profound awe and respect
• West-Frisian: ferearing — veneration; profound awe and respect
• West-Frisian: earbied — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Galician: reverencia — veneration; profound awe and respect
• German: Ehrfurcht — veneration; profound awe and respect
• German: Bewunderung — veneration; profound awe and respect
• German: Verehrung — veneration; profound awe and respect
• German: Hochachtung — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Greek: σεβασμιότητα (sevasmiótita) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Ancient Greek: ἄγος (ágos) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Ancient Greek: σέβας (sébas) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Gujarati: આદર (ādar) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Gujarati: માન (mān) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Hindi: आदर (ādar) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Hindi: मान (mān) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Hindi: अदब (adab) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Hindi: सत्कार (satkār) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Hindi: इज़्ज़त (izzat) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Irish: urramacht — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Irish: urraim — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Irish: oirmhidin — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Irish: ardmheas — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Irish: ómós — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Italian: riverenza — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Japanese: 崇敬 (sūkei) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Latin: reverentia — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Macedonian: по́чит (póčit) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Macedonian: почиту́вање (počitúvanje) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærefrykt — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærbødighet — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Old Norse: heiðsæi — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Polish: rewerencja — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Polish: poważenie — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Portuguese: deferência — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Portuguese: reverência — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Punjabi: ਅਦਬ (adab) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Punjabi: ਸਤਕਾਰ (satkār) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Russian: почита́ние (počitánije) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Russian: благогове́ние (blagogovénije) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Sanskrit: भजन (bhajana) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Sanskrit: भक्ति (bhakti) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Spanish: reverencia — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Spanish: veneración — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Spanish: pleitesía — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Swedish: vördnad — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Tagalog: pakundangan — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Tocharian B: yarke — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Tocharian B: yärṣalñe — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Urdu: احترام (ehterām) — veneration; profound awe and respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 尊敬 (zūn jìng) — act of showing respect
• Finnish: kunnioituksen osoitus — act of showing respect
• Galician: reverencia — act of showing respect
• German: Ehrerbietung — act of showing respect
• German: Reverenz — act of showing respect
• Latin: reverentia — act of showing respect
• Macedonian: ревера́нс (reveráns) — act of showing respect
• Norwegian Bokmål: akt — act of showing respect
• Portuguese: reverência — act of showing respect
• Russian: реверанс (reverans) — act of showing respect
• Chinese Mandarin: 尊敬 (zūn jìng) — state of being revered
• Finnish: kunnioitettavuus — state of being revered
• Irish: urramacht — state of being revered
• Irish: urraim — state of being revered
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærefrykt — state of being revered
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærbødighet — state of being revered
• Russian: благоговение (blagogovénije) — state of being revered
• Bulgarian: преподобие (prepodobie) — form of address
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭銜 /头衔 (tóu xián) — form of address
• Chinese Mandarin: 敬稱 /敬称 (jìng chēng) — form of address
• Finnish: pyhyys — form of address
• Finnish: ylhäisyys — form of address
• Galician: reverencia — form of address
• German: Reverenz — form of address
• Irish: oirmhinneach — form of address
• Macedonian: преподо́бие (prepodóbie) — form of address
• Norwegian Bokmål: ærbødighet — form of address
• Russian: преподобие (prepodobije) — form of address
• Bulgarian: почитам (počitam) — to show reverence
• Finnish: kunnioittaa — to show reverence
• Finnish: osoittaa kunnioitusta — to show reverence
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (aistan) — to show reverence
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gaaistan) — to show reverence
• Latin: revereor — to show reverence
• Old Norse: drýgja heiðsæi — to show reverence