"deity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˈdeɪ̯-] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdi.ə.ti/ [General-American], [ˈdi.ə.ɾi] [General-American], /ˈdeɪ.ə.ti/ [General-American], [ˈdeɪ̯.ə.ɾi] [General-American] Audio: en-uk-deity1.ogg , en-uk-deity2.ogg Forms: deities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{bor|en|frm|deité}} Middle French deité, {{der|en|la|deitās}} Latin deitās Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deity (countable and uncountable, plural deities)
  1. Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: divinity [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-deity-en-noun-vCxJKc~8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6
  2. A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Gods, Religion Synonyms (a god): god
    Sense id: en-deity-en-noun-IDYN70dN Disambiguation of Gods: 30 70 Disambiguation of Religion: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'a god': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: deitie [obsolete] Hyponyms: faineant deity, household deity, tutelary deity Related terms: deicide, deify, cosmocrat, deism, god, godliness, theism Translations: 𑜏𑜦𑜂𑜫 (seṅ) (Ahom), 𑜇𑜣 (phī) (Ahom), hyj [masculine] (Albanian), hyjni [masculine] (Albanian), perëndi [masculine] (Albanian), إِلٰه (ʔilāh) [masculine] (Arabic), مَعْبُود (maʕbūd) [masculine] (Arabic), бо́ства (bóstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), бажаство́ (bažastvó) [neuter] (Belarusian), божество́ (božestvó) [neuter] (Bulgarian), deïtat [feminine] (Catalan), divinitat [feminine] (Catalan), (shén) (Chinese Mandarin), 神明 (shénmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 神靈 (Chinese Mandarin), 神灵 (shénlíng) (Chinese Mandarin), mabut (Crimean Tatar), božstvo [neuter] (Czech), guddom [common-gender] (Danish), deitet [common-gender] (Danish), godheid [feminine] (Dutch), ལྷ (lha) (Dzongkha), dio (Esperanto), diaĵo (Esperanto), kalou (Fijian), jumala (Finnish), jumalatar (Finnish), jumalolento (Finnish), jumaluus (Finnish), déité [feminine] (French), divinité [feminine] (French), divinidade [feminine] (Galician), ღვთაება (ɣvtaeba) (Georgian), ღმერთი (ɣmerti) (Georgian), Gott [masculine] (German), Gottheit [feminine] (German), θεότητα (theótita) [feminine] (Greek), אלוהים \ אֱלֹהִים (elohím) [masculine] (Hebrew), אֵל (el) [masculine] (Hebrew), देवता (devtā) [masculine] (Hindi), istenség (Hungarian), isten (Hungarian), deo (Ido), deità (Italian), divinità [feminine] (Italian), 神仏 (shinbutsu) (alt: しんぶつ) (Japanese), (kami) (alt: かみ) (Japanese), (sin) (Korean), deus [masculine] (Latin), deitas [feminine] (Latin), divinitas [feminine] (Latin), dievība [feminine] (Latvian), божество (božestvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), tuhan (Malay), dewa [masculine] (Malay), dewi [feminine] (Malay), gud [masculine] (Norwegian), guddom [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), guddom [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), jui⁵⁵ (Pela), ایزد (izad) (Persian), Gott (nds) [masculine] (Plautdietsch), bóstwo [neuter] (Polish), bożyszcze [neuter] (Polish), deus [masculine] (Portuguese), deusa [feminine] (Portuguese), divindade [feminine] (Portuguese), ਭਗਵਾਨ (bhagvān) (Punjabi), dumnezeu [feminine] (Romanian), divinitate [feminine] (Romanian), божество́ (božestvó) [neuter] (Russian), божа̀нство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), božànstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), දෙවියන් (dewiyan) (Sinhalese), božstvo [neuter] (Slovak), božanstvo [neuter] (Slovene), dios [masculine] (Spanish), diosa [feminine] (Spanish), deidad [feminine] (Spanish), divinidad [feminine] (Spanish), anito (Tagalog), diyus-diyusan (Tagalog), batha-bathalaan (Tagalog), ལྷ (lha) (Tibetan), 𐎛𐎍 (ỉl) (Ugaritic), божество́ (božestvó) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ایزد (ezad) (Urdu), thần (Vietnamese), olukaluku (Yoruba)

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      "word": "ღვთაება"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ɣmerti",
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      "word": "देवता"
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      "word": "神"
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      "word": "dewa"
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      "code": "pa",
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "божа̀нство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "božànstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "dewiyan",
      "word": "දෙවියන්"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "božstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "božanstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dios"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "deidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "divinidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "anito"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "diyus-diyusan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "word": "batha-bathalaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "lha",
      "word": "ལྷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "ỉl",
      "word": "𐎛𐎍"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "božestvó",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "божество́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ezad",
      "word": "ایزد"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "word": "thần"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "word": "olukaluku"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "deity"
  ],
  "word": "deity"
}
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  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Slovak: (1, 2) __IGNORE__, (2) __IGNORE__",
  "path": [
    "deity"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "deity",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2517",
  "msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'a god', 2: 'god', 3: 'God'}",
  "path": [
    "deity",
    "trans-top-see"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "deity",
  "trace": ""
}

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