It goes without saying that at that time a kind of friendship beyond master and disciple grew between the two of them.
Source: tatoeba (328286)
Disciple
//dɪˈsaɪ.pəl//
Synonyms for "disciple" (112 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (56)
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
103 translations across 51 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- dissipel noun (person who learns from another)
- dissipel noun (active follower or adherent)
Aghwan
2 entries- 𐔰𐕐𐔰𐕙𐕄𐔴𐕜 noun (person who learns from another)
- 𐔰𐕐𐔰𐕙𐕄𐔴𐕜 noun (active follower or adherent)
Albanian
1 entries- dishipujë noun (person who learns from another)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μαθητής noun (person who learns from another)
Arabic
2 entries- تِلْمِيذ noun (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus)
- حَوَارِيّ noun (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus)
Armenian
1 entries- աշակերտ noun (person who learns from another)
Basque
1 entries- dizipulu noun (active follower or adherent)
Bulgarian
2 entries- после́довател noun (active follower or adherent)
- учени́к noun (person who learns from another)
Catalan
2 entries- deixeble noun (person who learns from another)
- deixeble noun (active follower or adherent)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 弟子 noun (person who learns from another)
- 追隨者 /追随者 noun (active follower or adherent)
- 門徒 /门徒 noun (person who learns from another)
- 門徒 /门徒 noun (active follower or adherent)
Czech
4 entries- následovník noun (person who learns from another)
- stoupenec noun (active follower or adherent)
- učedník noun (active follower or adherent)
- žák noun (person who learns from another)
Dutch
3 entries- apostel noun (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus)
- discipel noun (person who learns from another)
- leerling noun (active follower or adherent)
Esperanto
1 entries- disĉiplo noun (person who learns from another)
Finnish
3 entries- opetuslapsi noun (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus)
- oppilas noun (person who learns from another)
- seuraaja noun (active follower or adherent)
French
2 entries- disciple noun (person who learns from another)
- disciple noun (active follower or adherent)
Galician
2 entries- discípulo noun (person who learns from another)
- discípulo noun (active follower or adherent)
German
4 entries- Jünger noun (person who learns from another)
- Jünger noun (active follower or adherent)
- Jüngerin noun (person who learns from another)
- Jüngerin noun (active follower or adherent)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (person who learns from another)
- 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 noun (active follower or adherent)
Greenlandic
1 entries- ajoqersugaq noun (person who learns from another)
Hindi
1 entries- शिष्य noun (active follower or adherent)
Hungarian
2 entries- követő noun (active follower or adherent)
- tanítvány noun (person who learns from another)
Icelandic
1 entries- lærisveinn noun (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus)
Indonesian
1 entries- murid noun (person who learns from another)
Irish
2 entries- dalta noun (person who learns from another)
- deisceabal noun (active follower or adherent)
Japanese
4 entries- 信奉者 noun (active follower or adherent)
- 弟子 noun (person who learns from another)
- 弟子 noun (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus)
- 門徒 noun (person who learns from another)
Korean
3 entries- 문도 noun (person who learns from another)
- 문도 noun (active follower or adherent)
- 제자 noun (person who learns from another)
Lao
1 entries- ສາວົກ noun (active follower or adherent)
Latin
3 entries- discens noun (person who learns from another)
- discipulus noun (person who learns from another)
- discipulus noun (active follower or adherent)
Lower Sorbian
4 entries- wuknica noun (person who learns from another)
- wuknica noun (active follower or adherent)
- wuknik noun (person who learns from another)
- wuknik noun (active follower or adherent)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- mna-shioni noun (active follower or adherent)
Norman
2 entries- discipl'ye noun (person who learns from another)
- discipl'ye noun (active follower or adherent)
Old Czech
1 entries- discipul noun (person who learns from another)
Old English
2 entries- ġingra noun (person who learns from another)
- ġingra noun (active follower or adherent)
Old Irish
1 entries- deiscipul noun (active follower or adherent)
Old Saxon
1 entries- jungaro noun (person who learns from another)
Persian
2 entries- شاگرد noun (person who learns from another)
- مرید noun (active follower or adherent)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jinja noun (active follower or adherent)
Polish
4 entries- adept noun (person who learns from another)
- adeptka noun (person who learns from another)
- uczennica noun (person who learns from another)
- uczeń noun (person who learns from another)
Portuguese
2 entries- discípulo noun (person who learns from another)
- discípulo noun (active follower or adherent)
Russian
4 entries- апо́стол noun (active follower or adherent)
- после́дователь noun (person who learns from another)
- после́дователь noun (active follower or adherent)
- сторо́нник noun (person who learns from another)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- deisciobal noun (person who learns from another)
- deisciobal noun (active follower or adherent)
Shan
1 entries- တပႄး noun (active follower or adherent)
Slovene
1 entries- apostol noun (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus)
Spanish
2 entries- discípulo noun (person who learns from another)
- discípulo noun (active follower or adherent)
Swahili
1 entries- mwanafunzi noun (active follower or adherent)
Swedish
1 entries- lärjunge noun (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus)
Tagalog
1 entries- disipulo noun (person who learns from another)
Thai
1 entries- สาวก noun (active follower or adherent)
Ukrainian
2 entries- у́чень noun (active follower or adherent)
- учени́ця noun (active follower or adherent)
Volapük
3 entries- hitidäb noun (person who learns from another)
- jitidäb noun (person who learns from another)
- tidäb noun (person who learns from another)
Welsh
2 entries- disgybl noun (person who learns from another)
- disgybles noun (person who learns from another)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Source: tatoeba (693544)
A disciple can be forgiven if he does not have great mental ability.
Source: tatoeba (1172552)
But no disciple can be excused if he does not have zeal.
Source: tatoeba (1172557)
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