belief

English

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English lēafa.

Noun

belief (plural beliefs)

Mental acceptance of a claim as truth regardless of supporting or contrary empirical evidence.
(countable) Something believed.
The ancient people have a belief in many deities.
(uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
My belief that it will rain tomorrow is strong.
(uncountable) Religious faith.
She often said it was her belief that carried her through the hard times.
(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
I can't do that. It's against my beliefs.

Derived terms

Related terms

believe

Translations

mental acceptance of a claim as truth

Armenian: հավատ (hy) (havat), վստահություն (hy) (vstahut'yun)
Asturian: creyencia (ast) f, creencia (ast) f
Belarusian: вера (be) (vjéra) f
Bulgarian: вяра (bg) (vjára) f, доверие (bg) (dovérie) n
Catalan: creença (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 相信 (cmn) (xiāngxìn), 信心 (cmn) (xìnxīn)
Czech: víra (cs) f
Dutch: geloof (nl) n
Estonian: usk (et)
Finnish: usko (fi)
French: croyance (fr) f
Galician: crenza (gl) f
German: Glauben (de) m
Greek: πίστη (el) (písti) f, πιστεύω (el) (pistévo) n
Hungarian: hit (hu)
Indonesian: kepercayaan (id)
Italian: credito (it) m, credenza (it) f
Japanese: 確信 (ja) (かくしん, kakushin)
Jèrriais: crianche f

Kurdish:
Sorani: باوه‌ر (ku), بروا (ku)
Kyrgyz: ишеним (ky) (işenim), ишенүү (ky) (işenüü), ишенич (ky) (işeniç), көз караш (ky) (köz karaş), диний ишеним (ky) (diniy işenim)
Latvian: ticība (lv) f
Macedonian: вера (mk) (véra) f
Polish: przekonanie (pl) n, wiara (pl) f
Portuguese: crença (pt) f
Romanian: credință (ro)
Russian: вера (ru) (véra) f, доверие (ru) (dovérije) n (trust), убеждение (ru) (ubeždénije) n (conviction)
Scottish Gaelic: beachd (gd) m, barail (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: веровање (sh) n / вјеровање (sh) n, вера (sh) f / вјера (sh) f

Roman: verovanje (sh) n / vjerovanje (sh) n, vera (sh) f / vjera (sh) f
Slovak: viera (sk) f
Slovene: vera (sl) f
Spanish: creencia (es) f
Swedish: tro (sv) c
Ukrainian: віра (uk) (víra) f

something believed

Asturian: creyencia (ast) f, creencia (ast) f
Catalan: creença (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 信念 (cmn) (xìnniàn)
Czech: víra (cs) f
Dutch: geloof (nl) f
Esperanto: kredo (eo)
Estonian: usk (et), uskumus (et)
Finnish: usko (fi)
Galician: crenza (gl) f
German: Glaube (de) m

Greek: δοξασία (el) (doxasía) f, δόγμα (el) (dògma) n, πίστη (el) (písti) f
Interlingua: credentia (ia)
Italian: credenza (it) f, opinione (it) f
Polish: wiara (pl) f, przekonanie (pl) n (conviction)
Portuguese: crença (pt) f
Russian: вера (ru) (véra) f, убеждение (ru) (ubeždénije) n (conviction)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вера (sh) f / вјера (sh) f

Roman: vera (sh) f / vjera (sh) f
Swedish: tro (sv) c
Telugu: నమ్మకము (te) (nammakamu), విశ్వాసము (te) (viswaasamu)

the quality or state of believing

Bulgarian: вяра (bg) (vjara)
Catalan: creença (ca) f
Czech: víra (cs) f
Dutch: geloof (nl) f
Estonian: usk (et), lootus (et)
Finnish: usko (fi), luottamus (fi)
French: conviction (fr) f
German: Glaube (de) m
Greek: δοξασία (el) (doxasía) f, δόγμα (el) (dògma) n
Italian: convinzione (it) f

Polish: wiara (pl) f
Portuguese: crença (pt) f
Romanian: convingere (ro) f, convicțiune (ro) f
Scottish Gaelic: beachd (gd) m, barail (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: веровање (sh) n / вјеровање (sh) n

Roman: verovanje (sh) n / vjerovanje (sh) n
Swedish: tro (sv) c
Telugu: నమ్మకము (te) (nammakamu), విశ్వాసము (te) (viswaasamu)

religious faith

Arabic: عقيدة (ar)
Bulgarian: вяра (bg) (vjara)
Catalan: creença (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 信仰 (cmn) (xìnyǎng), 信教 (cmn) (xìnjiào)
Czech: víra (cs) f
Dalmatian: faid f
Dutch: geloof (nl) f
Estonian: usk (et)
Finnish: usko (fi)
French: foi (fr) f, croyance (fr) f
German: Glauben (de) m
Greek: πίστη (el) (písti) f
Indonesian: keyakinan (id)
Italian: fede (it), credo (it), credenza (it)
Japanese: 信仰 (ja) (しんこう, shinkō)

Jèrriais: crianche f
Khmer: ជំនឿ (km) (chom neur)
Kurdish:
Sorani: بڕوا (ku), باوه‌ر (ku)
Polish: wiara (pl) f, wierzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: crença (pt) f
Romanian: credință (ro)
Russian: вера (ru) (véra) f, верование (ru) (vérovanije) n
Scottish Gaelic: creideamh (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вера (sh) f / вјера (sh) f

Roman: vera (sh) f / vjera (sh) f
Swedish: tro (sv) c
Telugu: మతవిశ్వాశం (te) (matavisvasam)
Zulu: ukholo (zu)

religious or moral convictions

Arabic: إیمان (ar)
Bulgarian: вяра (bg) (vjara), убеждение (bg) (ubeždenie)
Czech: přesvědčení (cs) n, víra (cs) f
Dutch: geloof (nl) f
Estonian: veendumus (et)
Finnish: vakaumus (fi)
German: Glauben (de) m
Greek: πιστεύω (el) (pistévo) n
Italian: convinzioni (it) pl
Kurdish:
Sorani: بڕواباوه‌ر

Polish: wiara (pl) f, wierzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: crença (pt) f
Romanian: credință (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: creideamh (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вера (sh) f / вјера (sh) f

Roman: vera (sh) f / vjera (sh) f
Swedish: tro (sv) c

a wishing of case or circumstance to be true

Estonian: usk (et)
Finnish: usko (fi)
Italian: fiducia (it) f
Polish: wiara (pl) f

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: уверење (sh) n / увјерење (sh) n

Roman: uverenje (sh) n / uvjerenje (sh) n

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