religie

See also: religię

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch religie, earlier also religioen, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈliɣi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: re‧li‧gie

Noun

religie f (plural religies, diminutive religietje n)

1. (religion) faith, religion, a system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death

   Een overheid hoort geen religie te bedrijven.

   A government shouldn't be in the business of managing religion.

2. religious denomination, such as an organized church
3. (figuratively) something one adheres to devotedly

   Een minuscuul prentje van de "Zonnebloemen" van Van Gogh gaf te kennen dat hier ten huize de sociaaldemocratie de religie was.

   A minuscule picture of Van Gogh's Sunflowers indicated that social democracy was the practiced religion here in our home.

Synonyms

• (faith): geloof
• (denomination): geloof, confessie

Derived terms

• religieus (noun m and adjective)
• religietwist m
• religiositeit

Descendants

• → Indonesian: religi

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈli.ɡjɛ/
• Rhymes: -iɡjɛ
• Syllabification: re‧li‧gie

Noun

religie

1. nominative plural of religia
2. accusative plural of religia
3. vocative plural of religia

Romanian

Alternative forms

• religiune — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from French religion, German Religion, both from Latin religio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [reˈlidʒie]

Noun

religie f (plural religii)

1. religion

Declension

Declension of religie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) religie	religia	(niște) religii	religiile
genitive/dative	(unei) religii	religiei	(unor) religii	religiilor
vocative	religie, religio		religiilor

Derived terms

• religios

References

• religie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.