temptation

English

Etymology

From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatio Morphologically tempt +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛmpˈteɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

temptation (countable and uncountable, plural temptations)

1. The act of tempting.
2. The condition of being tempted.
3. Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
   • 1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools‎^[1], volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:

     At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]

4. Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.

Synonyms

• fitna (Islam)

Derived terms

• temptational
• temptationful
• temptationless

Translations

act of tempting

• Arabic: فِتْنَة (ar) f (fitna), إِغْرَاء m (ʔiḡrāʔ)
• Armenian: գայթակղություն (hy) (gaytʻakġutʻyun)
• Bengali: ফেতনা (fetna)
• Bulgarian: изкушение (bg) n (izkušenie), съблазняване n (sǎblaznjavane)
• Catalan: temptació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誘惑／诱惑 (zh) (yòuhuò)

• Czech: pokoušení n
• Dutch: verlokking (nl) f
• Finnish: houkuttelu (fi), viettely (fi)
• French: tentation (fr) f
• Georgian: განსაცდელი (gansacdeli)
• German: Versuchung (de) f, Verführung (de) f
• Greek: πειρασμός (el) m (peirasmós)

  Ancient Greek: πειρασμός m (peirasmós)

• Hungarian: kísértés (hu)
• Irish: aimsiú m
• Italian: tentazione (it) f
• Japanese: 誘惑 (ja) (ゆうわく, yūwaku)
• Malay: penggodaan
• Malayalam: പ്രലോഭനം (ml) (pralōbhanaṁ)
• Maori: whakapoapoatanga
• Norn: tumtation
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fristelse m

• Old English: costnung f
• Polish: kuszenie (pl) n, pokuszenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: tentação (pt) f
• Russian: искуше́ние (ru) n (iskušénije), собла́зн (ru) m (soblázn)
• Spanish: tentación (es) f
• Tagalog: bangkit (evil)

condition of being tempted

• Bulgarian: изкушение (bg) (izkušenie)
• Catalan: temptació (ca) f
• Danish: fristelse c
• Dutch: verlokking (nl) f
• Esperanto: tento
• Finnish: viehättyneisyys
• German: Versuchung (de) f
• Greek: πειρασμός (el) m (peirasmós)

  Ancient Greek: πειρασμός m (peirasmós)

• Hungarian: kísértés (hu)
• Latvian: kārdinājums m
• Malayalam: പ്രലോഭനം (ml) (pralōbhanaṁ)
• Maori: whakapoapoatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fristelse m

• Polish: kuszenie (pl) n, pokuszenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: tentação (pt) f
• Russian: искуше́ние (ru) n (iskušénije)
• Spanish: tentación (es) f
• Swedish: frestelse (sv) c

something attractive, tempting or seductive

• Arabic: فِتْنَة (ar) f (fitna)
• Armenian: գայթակղություն (hy) (gaytʻakġutʻyun)
• Bengali: ফেতনা (fetna)
• Bulgarian: съблазън (bg) f (sǎblazǎn)
• Catalan: temptació (ca) f
• Czech: pokušení n
• Danish: fristelse c
• Faroese: freisting f
• Finnish: houkutus (fi), viettelys
• Hebrew: פיתוי m
• Latvian: kārdinājums m
• Malay: godaan
• Malayalam: പ്രലോഭനം (ml) (pralōbhanaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fristelse m

• Polish: pokusa (pl) f
• Portuguese: tentação (pt) f
• Russian: искуше́ние (ru) n (iskušénije), собла́зн (ru) m (soblázn)
• Slovak: pokušenie n
• Spanish: tentación (es) f
• Swedish: frestelse (sv) c

pressure applied to one's thinking

• Arabic: فِتْنَة (ar) f (fitna), تَجْرِبَة f (tajriba) (Christianity)
• Bengali: ফেতনা (fetna)
• Czech: pokušení n
• Finnish: kiusaus (fi)
• Portuguese: tentação (pt) f
• Russian: искуше́ние (ru) n (iskušénije), собла́зн (ru) m (soblázn)
• Spanish: tentación (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} إِغْرَاء m (ʔiḡrāʔ)
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} fristelse c
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} verleiding (nl), ^{(please verify)} verzoeking (nl), ^{(please verify)} beproeving (nl)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} פיתוי m (pitui)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} tentazione (it) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 유혹(誘惑) (ko) (yuhok)
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} tentazzjoni f
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} freisting f

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} ispită (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} buaireadh m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} tentación (es) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} frestelse (sv)

See also

• get thee behind me