polytheism

See also: poly-theism and poly theism

English

From French polythéisme, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) and θεός (theós, “god”), corresponding to poly- +‎ theism.

polytheism (countable and uncountable, plural polytheisms)

belief in the existence of many gods

Arabic: شِرْك‎ (širk), تَعَدُّد الْآلِهَة‎ (taʿaddud al-ʾāliha)
Armenian: բազմաստվածություն (hy) (bazmastvacutʿyun), պոլիթեիզմ (hy) (politʿeizm)
Asturian: politeísmu m
Azerbaijani: politeizm, çoxallahlılıq, çoxtanrıçılıq
Belarusian: шматбо́жжа n (šmatbóžža), мнагабо́жжа n (mnahabóžža), палітэі́зм m (paliteízm)
Bulgarian: политеи́зъм m (politeízǎm)
Catalan: politeisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多神教 (zh) (duōshénjiào)
Czech: polyteismus m
Danish: polyteisme
Dutch: polytheïsme (nl) n
Esperanto: politeismo
Estonian: polüteism
Finnish: monijumalisuus (fi), polyteismi (fi)
French: polythéisme (fr) m
Galician: politeísmo (gl) m
Georgian: პოლითეიზმი (ṗoliteizmi), მრავალღმერთიანობა (mravalɣmertianoba)
German: Polytheismus (de) m
Greek: πολυθεϊσμός (el) m (polytheïsmós)
Hebrew: פוליתאיזם‎
Hindi: बहुदेववाद (bahudēvavād)
Hungarian: politeizmus (hu)
Icelandic: fjölgyðistrú f
Ido: politeismo (io)
Indonesian: politeisme (id)
Irish: ildiachas m
Italian: politeismo (it)
Japanese: 多神教 (ja) (たしんきょう, tashinkyō)
Kazakh: көпқұдайлық (köpqudaylıq), көптәңірлік (köptäñirlik)
Khmer: ពហុទេពនិយម (pea’hu’ teep ni’yum)
Korean: 다신교 (ko) (dasin-gyo), 다신론 (ko) (dasillon)

Latvian: politeisms
Lithuanian: politeizmas
Macedonian: многубо́штво n (mnogubóštvo), политеи́зам m (politeízam)
Maltese: politeiżmu m
Manx: yl-jeeaghys
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Persian: چندخدایی‎ (čand-xodâyi), شرک‎ (fa) (šerk)
Polish: politeizm (pl) m inan, wielobóstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: politeísmo (pt) m
Romanian: politeism (ro) n
Russian: политеи́зм (ru) m (politɛízm), многобо́жие (ru) n (mnogobóžije)
Scottish Gaelic: ioma-dhiadhachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: политеизам m, многобоштво n

Roman: politeizam (sh) m, mnogoboštvo (sh) n
Slovak: mnohobožstvo n, polyteizmus m
Slovene: politeizem (sl) m
Spanish: politeísmo (es) m
Swahili: upolitheisti, ushirikina
Swedish: polyteism (sv) c
Tajik: please add this translation if you can
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: พหุเทวนิยม (pá-hù tay-wá-ní-yom)
Turkish: politeizm (tr), çoktanrıcılık (tr)
Ukrainian: політеї́зм m (politejízm), багатобо́жжя (uk) n (bahatobóžžja)
Urdu: شرک‎ (širk)
Vietnamese: thuyết đa thần
Volapük: mödagod
Welsh: amldduwiaeth
Yiddish: פּאַליטייזאַם‎ (paliteyzam)

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