"perdition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɜː(ɹ).ˈdɪ.ʃən/ Audio: en-us-perdition.ogg Forms: perditions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“I destroy, I lose”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|perdicioun}} Middle English perdicioun, {{der|en|fro|perdiciun}} Old French perdiciun, {{der|en|LL.|perditio}} Late Latin perditio, {{der|en|la|perdo||I destroy, I lose}} Latin perdo (“I destroy, I lose”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} perdition (countable and uncountable, plural perditions)
  1. Eternal damnation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (eternal damnation): ад (ad) [masculine] (Bulgarian), evig fordømmelse (Danish), eeuwige verdoemenis (Dutch), pereo (Esperanto), kadotus (Finnish), ewige Verdammnis [feminine] (German), örök kárhozat (Hungarian), glötun [feminine] (Icelandic), 劫罰 (gōbatsu) (alt: ごうばつ) (Japanese), про́клетство (prókletstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), نفرین ابدی (nefrin-e abadi) (Persian), wieczne potępienie [neuter] (Polish), perdição [feminine] (Portuguese), прокля́тие (prokljátije) (Russian), prokletstvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), perdición [feminine] (Spanish), evig fördömelse (Swedish), cehennem (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-perdition-en-noun--GEjsq6y Categories (other): Terms with Gothic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 31 38 30 Disambiguation of 'eternal damnation': 78 20 2
  2. Hell. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (hell): ад (ad) [masculine] (Bulgarian), helvede [neuter] (Danish), hel (Dutch), helvetti (Finnish), enfer [masculine] (French), Hölle [feminine] (German), 地獄 (jigoku) (Japanese), пе́кол (pékol) [masculine] (Macedonian), ад (ad) [masculine] (Macedonian), neraka (Malay), دوزخ (duzax) (Persian), piekło [neuter] (Polish), inferno [masculine] (Portuguese), гее́нна (gejénna) [feminine] (Russian), pakao [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), infierno [masculine] (Spanish), helvete (Swedish), cehennem (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-perdition-en-noun-Nevjodl~ Categories (other): Terms with Gothic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 31 38 30 Disambiguation of 'hell': 8 92 0
  3. Absolute ruin; downfall. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (absolute ruin): гибел (gibel) [feminine] (Bulgarian), undergang [common-gender] (Danish), verderf (Dutch), tuho (Finnish), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 (fralusts) [feminine] (Gothic), glötun [feminine] (Icelandic), 衰滅 (suimetsu) (alt: すいめつ) (Japanese), про́паст (própast) [feminine] (Macedonian), ги́бел (gíbel) [feminine] (Macedonian), نابودی (nâbudi) (Persian), دمار (damâr) (Persian), perdição [feminine] (Portuguese), ги́бель (gíbelʹ) [feminine] (Russian), propast [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), perdición [feminine] (Spanish), fördärv [neuter] (Swedish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abyss, Hades, inferno, netherworld, underworld, hell

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "すいめつ",
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          "roman": "gíbel",
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          "word": "ги́бел"
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Gothic translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "word": "abyss"
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    {
      "word": "Hades"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ad",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "evig fordømmelse"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "eeuwige verdoemenis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "pereo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "kadotus"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ewige Verdammnis"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "örök kárhozat"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
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      "word": "glötun"
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      "roman": "gōbatsu",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "劫罰"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prókletstvo",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "про́клетство"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nefrin-e abadi",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "نفرین ابدی"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "wieczne potępienie"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perdição"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prokljátije",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "прокля́тие"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prokletstvo"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "eternal damnation",
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      ],
      "word": "perdición"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "evig fördömelse"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "eternal damnation",
      "word": "cehennem"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ad",
      "sense": "hell",
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      "word": "ад"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "helvede"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hell",
      "word": "hel"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "hell",
      "word": "helvetti"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "hell",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "hell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Hölle"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "hell",
      "word": "地獄"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "word": "neraka"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "duzax",
      "sense": "hell",
      "word": "دوزخ"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hell",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "piekło"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "inferno"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gejénna",
      "sense": "hell",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гее́нна"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "hell",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pakao"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hell",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "infierno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hell",
      "word": "helvete"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "hell",
      "word": "cehennem"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gibel",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "undergang"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "word": "verderf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "word": "tuho"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "fralusts",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "glötun"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すいめつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suimetsu",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "word": "衰滅"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "própast",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gíbel",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ги́бел"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâbudi",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "word": "نابودی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "damâr",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "word": "دمار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perdição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gíbelʹ",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ги́бель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "propast"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perdición"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "absolute ruin",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fördärv"
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  ],
  "word": "perdition"
}

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