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seven deadly sins

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The cardinal sins enumerated by medieval philosophers and theologians: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: Catholicism, Christianity

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: seven virtues, capital virtues

History

Etymology

From Middle English dedly synnes sueyn, vij dedly synnes.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اَلْخَطَايَا السَّبْعُ الْمُمِيتَةُ (al-ḵaṭāyā s-sabʕu l-mumītatu) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Armenian: յոթ մահացու մեղքեր (yotʻ mahacʻu meġkʻer) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Old Armenian: եօթն մահուչափ մեղք (eōtʻn mahučʻapʻ mełkʻ) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Breton: seizh pec'hed kapital — the seven cardinal sins
  • Bulgarian: седемте смъртни гряха (sedemte smǎrtni grjaha) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Catalan: set pecats capitals — the seven cardinal sins
  • Chinese Mandarin: 七宗罪 (qī zōng zuì) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Czech: sedm hlavních hříchů — the seven cardinal sins
  • Danish: syv dødssynder — the seven cardinal sins
  • Dutch: zeven hoofdzonden — the seven cardinal sins
  • Esperanto: sep gravegaj pekoj — the seven cardinal sins
  • Faroese: tær sjey deyðssyndirnar — the seven cardinal sins
  • Finnish: seitsemän kuolemansyntiä — the seven cardinal sins
  • French: sept péchés capitaux — the seven cardinal sins
  • Georgian: შვიდი მომაკვდინებელი ცოდვა (švidi momaḳvdinebeli codva) — the seven cardinal sins
  • German: sieben Todsünden — the seven cardinal sins
  • Greek: επτά θανάσιμα αμαρτήματα (eptá thanásima amartímata) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Hebrew: שִׁבְעָת קַטְלָנִית חֲטָאִים (shivat qatlanít chataím) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Hindi: सात घातक पाप (sāt ghātak pāp) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Hungarian: hét főbűn — the seven cardinal sins
  • Icelandic: dauðasyndirnar sjö — the seven cardinal sins
  • Irish: seacht bpeacaí marfacha — the seven cardinal sins
  • Italian: sette peccati capitali — the seven cardinal sins
  • Japanese: 七つの大罪 (nanatsu no taizai) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Jingpho: si yubak kaba sanit — the seven cardinal sins
  • Khmer: អំពើបាបដ៏ប្រល័យប្រាំពីរ (ʼɑmpəə baap dɑɑ prɑlay prampii) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Korean: 일곱 가지 대죄 (ilgop gaji daejoe) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Latin: saligia — the seven cardinal sins
  • Latin: septem peccata mortalia — the seven cardinal sins
  • Latin: septem peccata capitalia — the seven cardinal sins
  • Manx: shiaght peccaghyn baasoiley — the seven cardinal sins
  • Norwegian: syv dødssynder — the seven cardinal sins
  • Persian: هفت گناه کبیره (haft gonâh-e kabire) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Polish: siedem grzechów głównych — the seven cardinal sins
  • Portuguese: sete pecados capitais — the seven cardinal sins
  • Russian: семь сме́ртных грехо́в (semʹ smértnyx grexóv) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Samogitian: septīni smėrtėnė griekā — the seven cardinal sins
  • Scottish Gaelic: seachd peacaidhean-bàis — the seven cardinal sins
  • Serbo-Croatian: седам смртних гријеха — the seven cardinal sins
  • Serbo-Croatian: sedam smrtnih grijeha — the seven cardinal sins
  • Slovak: sedem hlavných hriechov — the seven cardinal sins
  • Slovene: sedem smrtnih grehov — the seven cardinal sins
  • Spanish: siete pecados capitales — the seven cardinal sins
  • Swedish: sju dödssynderna — the seven cardinal sins
  • Tagalog: pitong nakamamatay na kasalanan — the seven cardinal sins
  • Thai: บาป ๗ ประการ (bàap jèt pràgaan) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Turkish: yedi ölümcül günah — the seven cardinal sins
  • Ukrainian: смертні гріхи (smertni hrixy) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Urdu: سات مہلک گناہ (sāt mohlik gunāh) — the seven cardinal sins
  • Vietnamese: bảy mối tội đầu — the seven cardinal sins
  • Welsh: saith pechod marwol — the seven cardinal sins