Etymology
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From Middle English bileve, from Old English lēafa, from Proto-West Germanic *laubu from Proto-Germanic *laubō. Compare German Glaube (“faith, belief”).
The replacement of final /v/ with /f/ is due to the analogy of noun-verb pairs with /f/ in the noun but /v/ in the verb, creating a pair belief : believe on the model of e.g. grief : grieve or proof : prove.
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- IPA(key): /bɪˈliːf/, /bəˈliːf/
- Rhymes: -iːf
- Hyphenation: be‧lief
belief (countable and uncountable, plural beliefs)
- Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
It's my belief that the thief is somebody known to us.
2013 December 6, George Monbiot, “Why I'm eating my words on veganism – again”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 26, page 48:The belief that there is no conflict between [livestock] farming and arable production also seems to be unfounded: by preventing the growth of trees and other deep vegetation in the hills and by compacting the soil, grazing animals cause a cycle of flash floods and drought, sporadically drowning good land downstream and reducing the supply of irrigation water.
- Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
My belief is that there is a bear in the woods. Bill said he saw one.
Based on this data, it is our belief that X does not occur.
- (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.
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mental acceptance of a claim as truth
- Arabic: اِعْتِقَاد m (iʕtiqād)
- Armenian: հավատ (hy) (havat), վստահություն (hy) (vstahutʻyun)
- Asturian: creyencia f, creencia f
- Azerbaijani: inanc
- Belarusian: ве́ра f (vjéra)
- Bulgarian: вя́ра (bg) f (vjára), дове́рие (bg) n (dovérie)
- Catalan: creença (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯᏳᏗ (gohiyudi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 相信 (zh) (xiāngxìn), 信心 (zh) (xìnxīn)
- Czech: víra (cs) f
- Danish: tro (da) c
- Dutch: geloof (nl) n
- Esperanto: konvinko
- Estonian: usk
- Faroese: trúgv f
- Finnish: usko (fi)
- French: croyance (fr) f
- Friulian: crodince f
- Galician: crenza (gl) f
- Georgian: რწმენა (rc̣mena), დაჯერება (daǯereba)
- German: Glauben (de) m
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (galaubeins)
- Greek: πίστη (el) f (písti), πιστεύω (el) n (pistévo)
- Guaraní: jerovia (gn)
- Hebrew: האמנה (he)
- Hindi: विश्वास (hi) m (viśvās), धारणा (hi) f (dhārṇā)
- Hungarian: hit (hu)
- Indonesian: kepercayaan (id)
- Italian: credito (it) m, credenza (it) f, convinzione (it) f
- Japanese: 確信 (ja) (かくしん, kakushin)
- Kazakh: сенім (senım)
- Korean: 믿음 (ko) (mideum)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: باوەر (bawer), بروا (birwa)
- Northern Kurdish: bawer (ku)
- Kyrgyz: ишеним (ky) (işenim), ишенүү (ky) (işenüü), ишенич (ky) (işenic), көз караш (ky) (köz karaş), диний ишеним (ky) (diniy işenim)
- Latin: fides f
- Latvian: ticība (lv) f
- Macedonian: вера f (vera)
- Mongolian: итгэл (mn) (itgel)
- Navajo: oodlą́
- Norman: crianche f
- Occitan: cresença (oc) f
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: вѣра f (věra)
- Old East Slavic: вѣра f (věra)
- Old English: ġelēafa m
- Persian: باور (fa) (bâvar), اعتقاد (fa) (e'teqâd)
- Polish: przekonanie (pl) n, wiara (pl) f
- Portuguese: crença (pt) f
- Romanian: credință (ro)
- Russian: ве́ра (ru) f (véra), дове́рие (ru) n (dovérije) (trust), убежде́ние (ru) n (ubeždénije) (conviction)
- Scottish Gaelic: beachd m, barail f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: веровање n, вјеровање n, вера f, вјера f
- Roman: verovanje (sh) n, vjerovanje (sh) n, vera (sh) f, vjera (sh) f
- Slovak: viera f
- Slovene: vera (sl) f
- Spanish: creencia (es) f
- Swedish: tro (sv) c
- Tagalog: paniwala, paniniwala
- Tajik: эътиқод (tg) (eʾtiqod), бовар (bovar)
- Tamil: நம்பிக்கை (ta) (nampikkai)
- Ukrainian: ві́ра f (víra)
- Uyghur: ئېتىقاد (ëtiqad)
- Uzbek: eʻtiqod
- Walloon: creyance (wa) f
- Zazaki: bawer
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something believed
- Armenian: համոզմունք (hy) (hamozmunkʻ)
- Asturian: creyencia f, creencia f
- Azerbaijani: inanc
- Catalan: creença (ca) f
- Cherokee: ᎪᎯᏳᏗ (gohiyudi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 信念 (zh) (xìnniàn)
- Czech: víra (cs) f
- Dutch: geloof (nl) f
- Esperanto: kredo
- Estonian: usk, uskumus
- Finnish: usko (fi)
- Galician: crenza (gl) f
- Georgian: მრწამსი (mrc̣amsi), შეხედულება (šexeduleba)
- German: Glaube (de) m
- Greek: δοξασία (el) f (doxasía), δόγμα (el) n (dógma), πίστη (el) f (písti)
- Hungarian: hit (hu), hiedelem (hu)
- Interlingua: credentia
- Italian: credenza (it) f, opinione (it) f
- Japanese: 信念 (ja) (しんねん, shinnen), 信条 (ja) (しんじょう, shinjō)
- Korean: 믿음 (ko) (mideum)
- Old English: ġelēafa m
- Persian: باور (fa) (bâvar)
- Polish: wiara (pl) f, przekonanie (pl) n (conviction)
- Portuguese: crença (pt) f
- Russian: ве́ра (ru) f (véra), убежде́ние (ru) n (ubeždénije) (conviction)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: вера f, вјера f
- Roman: vera (sh) f, vjera (sh) f
- Swedish: tro (sv) c
- Telugu: నమ్మకము (te) (nammakamu), విశ్వాసము (te) (viśvāsamu)
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the quality or state of believing
religious faith
- Arabic: عقيدَة (ar)
- Bulgarian: вя́ра (bg) (vjára)
- Catalan: creença (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 信仰 (zh) (xìnyǎng), 信教 (zh) (xìnjiào)
- Czech: víra (cs) f
- Dalmatian: faid f
- Dutch: geloof (nl) f
- Estonian: usk
- Faroese: trúgv f
- Finnish: usko (fi)
- French: foi (fr) f, croyance (fr) f
- Galician: fe (gl) f, crenza (gl) f
- Georgian: მრწამსი (mrc̣amsi), რჯული (rǯuli)
- German: Glauben (de) m
- Greek: πίστη (el) f (písti)
- Guaraní: jerovia (gn)
- Indonesian: keyakinan (id)
- Italian: fede (it), credo (it), credenza (it)
- Japanese: 信仰 (ja) (しんこう, shinkō)
- Khmer: ជំនឿ (km) (chom neur)
- Korean: 신앙 (ko) (sinang), 믿음 (ko) (mideum)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: بڕوا (birrwa), باوەر (bawer)
- Latin: fides f
- Malayalam: വിശ്വാസം (ml) (viśvāsaṁ)
- Navajo: oodlą́ʼ (sheʼoodlą́ʼ, my belief)
- Norman: crianche f
- Old English: ġelēafa m
- Ottoman Turkish: ایمان (iman)
- Polish: wiara (pl) f, wierzenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: crença (pt) f
- Quechua: iñi
- Romanian: credință (ro)
- Russian: ве́ра (ru) f (véra), ве́рование (ru) n (vérovanije)
- Scottish Gaelic: creideamh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: вера f, вјера f
- Roman: vera (sh) f, vjera (sh) f
- Swedish: tro (sv) c
- Telugu: మతవిశ్వాశం (mataviśvāśaṁ)
- Zulu: ukholo (zu)
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religious or moral convictions
a wishing of case or circumstance to be true
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