superstitious

English

Etymology

Old French superstitieux, from Latin superstitiōsus, from superstitio + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌs(j)uː.pəˈstɪ.ʃəs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌs(j)u.pɚˈstɪ.ʃəs/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪʃəs

Adjective

superstitious (comparative more superstitious, superlative most superstitious)

Susceptible to superstitions.
Arising from or having the character of superstitions.
(archaic) overexact; unnecessarily scrupulous

Synonyms

freety

Derived terms

Related terms

superstition

Translations

susceptible to superstitions

Albanian: besëtytë (sq)
Arabic: خُرَافِيّ‎ (ḵurāfiyy)
Catalan: supersticiós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 迷信的 (zh) (míxìn de)
Czech: pověrčivý m
Dutch: bijgelovig (nl)
Finnish: taikauskoinen (fi)
French: superstitieux (fr) m, superstitieuse (fr) f
German: abergläubisch (de)
Greek: προληπτικός (el) (proliptikós)
Ancient Greek: δεισιδαίμων (deisidaímōn)
Hungarian: babonás (hu)
Irish: piseogach
Italian: superstizioso (it)
Japanese: 迷信の (ja) (めいしんの, meishin-no)
Kalmyk: йорч (yorç)
Lao: ຈົນ chon (chon chon)

Maori: mauri tūpato
Norwegian:
Bokmål: overtroisk
Old English: æfgydel
Polish: przesądny (pl), zabobonny (pl)
Portuguese: supersticioso (pt) m
Russian: суеве́рный (ru) (sujevérnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: saobh-chràbhach
Serbo-Croatian: prȁznovjēran (sh), sȕjevjēran (sh)
Slovene: praznoveren
Spanish: supersticioso (es)
Swedish: vidskeplig (sv), superstitiös (sv), skrockfull (sv)
Tagalog: mapamahiin
Thai: ^{(please verify)} เชื่อโชคลาง
Vietnamese: mê tín (vi)
Volapük: lukredik (vo)
Westrobothnian: medafull

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