supplication

English

Etymology

From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/

Noun

supplication (countable and uncountable, plural supplications)

1. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
2. A prayer or entreaty to a god.
3. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
4. The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

Translations

an act of supplicating

• Bulgarian: молба (bg) f (molba), жалба (bg) (žalba)
• Faroese: innilig umsókn f
• French: supplication (fr) f
• German: Flehen n, Bitte (de) f, Bitten (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (aihtrōns)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἱκετεία f (hiketeía)

• Hebrew: הִתְחַנְּנוּת f (hitkhan'nut)
• Irish: impí f
• Old English: hālsung f
• Ottoman Turkish: دعا (duʼâ), نیاز (niyâz)
• Persian: لابه (fa) (lâbe)
• Russian: про́сьба (ru) f (prósʹba), мольба́ (ru) f (molʹbá)
• Turkish: dua (tr)

a prayer

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: գութ (gutʻ)

• Azerbaijani: yalvarış
• Bulgarian: моли́тва (bg) f (molítva)
• Faroese: innilig bøn f
• German: Gebet (de) n, Bittgebet (de) n, Flehen n
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (aihtrōns)
• Greek: προσευχή (el) (prosefchí)

  Ancient: ἱκετεία f (hiketeía)

• Hebrew: תַּחֲנוּן (he) m (takhanun)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Ottoman Turkish: دعا (duʼâ)
• Persian: لابه (fa) (lâbe)
• Plautdietsch: Jebäd n
• Polish: suplikacja f
• Russian: моли́тва (ru) f (molítva), мольба́ (ru) f (molʹbá)
• Turkish: dua (tr)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin supplicātiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

supplication f (plural supplications)

1. supplication

Related terms

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Further reading

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