perdition

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Etymology

From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“I destroy, I lose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: per‧di‧tion
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

• Audio (US):

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Noun

perdition (countable and uncountable, plural perditions)

1. Eternal damnation.

   Antonym: salvation

   • 2009, “Ov Fire and the Void”, in Evangelion, performed by Behemoth:

     I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed

2. Hell.

   Synonyms: Hades, inferno, netherworld, underworld, abyss

3. Absolute ruin; downfall.

   Synonyms: ruin, doom, destruction

   Antonym: redemption

   Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.

Derived terms

• perditionable
• perditious

Related terms

• perdure

Translations

eternal damnation

Bulgarian: ад (bg) m (ad) Czech: věčné zatracení Danish: evig (da) fordømmelse Dutch: eeuwige (nl) verdoemenis (nl) Esperanto: pereo Finnish: kadotus (fi) German: ewige (de) Verdammnis (de) f Hungarian: örök (hu) kárhozat (hu) Icelandic: glötun (is) f Japanese: 劫罰 (ごうばつ, gōbatsu) Macedonian: про́клетство n (prókletstvo) Persian: نفرین ابدی (nefrin-e abadi) Polish: wieczne potępienie n Portuguese: perdição (pt) f Russian: прокля́тие (ru) n (prokljátije) Serbo-Croatian: prokletstvo (sh) n Spanish: perdición (es) f Swedish: evig (sv) fördömelse (sv) Turkish: cehennem (tr)

hell

Bulgarian: ад (bg) m (ad) Danish: helvede n Dutch: hel (nl) Finnish: helvetti (fi) French: enfer (fr) m German: Hölle (de) f Japanese: 地獄 (ja) (jigoku) Macedonian: пе́кол m (pékol), ад (mk) m (ad) Malay: neraka Persian: دوزخ (fa) (duzax) Polish: piekło (pl) n Portuguese: inferno (pt) m Russian: гее́нна (ru) f (gejénna) Serbo-Croatian: pakao (sh) m Spanish: infierno (es) m Swedish: helvete (sv) Turkish: cehennem (tr)

absolute ruin

Bulgarian: гибел (bg) f (gibel) Czech: zkáza (cs) f, záhuba f Danish: undergang c Dutch: verderf (nl) Finnish: tuho (fi) Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍃 f (fralusts) Icelandic: glötun (is) f Japanese: 衰滅 (すいめつ, suimetsu) Macedonian: про́паст f (própast), ги́бел f (gíbel) Persian: نابودی (fa) (nâbudi), دمار (fa) (damâr) Portuguese: perdição (pt) f Russian: ги́бель (ru) f (gíbelʹ) Serbo-Croatian: propast (sh) f Spanish: perdición (es) f Swedish: fördärv (sv) n

Anagrams

• direption, tropidine

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French perdiciun, borrowed from Late Latin perditiōnem, from Latin perdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.di.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

perdition f (plural perditions)

1. perdition

   un lieu de perdition ― a den of iniquity

Related terms

• perdre
• perte

Descendants

• → Romanian: perdiție

Further reading

• “perdition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.