Fasting

//ˈfæstɪŋ//

Synonyms for "fasting" (62 found)

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fast

Related words (31)

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related to

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Translations

238 translations across 98 languages.

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Acehnese

1 entries
  • puasa noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Albanian

3 entries
  • agjërim noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • agjërimi noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • kreshmë noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • νηστεία noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • νηστεία noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Arabic

4 entries
  • صَوْم noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • صَوْم noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • صِيَام noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • صِيَام noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Aramaic

4 entries
  • צומא noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • צומא noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • ܨܰܘܡܳܐ noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • ܨܰܘܡܳܐ noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ծոմ noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • ծոմ noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • պահք noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • պահք noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Assamese

1 entries
  • লঘোন noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • oruc noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • oruc noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Basque

2 entries
  • barau noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • baraualdi noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • галада́нне noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • галада́нне noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • пост noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • пост noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Bengali

4 entries
  • উপবাস noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • উপবাস noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • উপোস noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • উপোস noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • उपास noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Breton

2 entries
  • yun noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • yun noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • пост noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • пост noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Catalan

2 entries
  • dejuni noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • dia dejunat noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ڕۆژوو noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • ڕۆژوو noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 禁食 noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • 禁食 noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • 齋戒 /斋戒 noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • 齋戒 /斋戒 noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Czech

2 entries
  • půst noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • půst noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • dezun noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Danish

2 entries
  • faste noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • faste noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Dutch

2 entries
  • vasten noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • vasten noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fasto noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Estonian

2 entries
  • paast noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • paast noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Faroese

2 entries
  • føsta noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • føsta noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Finnish

3 entries
  • paasto noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • paasto noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • paastoaminen noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

French

2 entries
  • jeûne noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • jeûne noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Friulian

2 entries
  • dizun noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • diğun noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Galician

3 entries
  • xaxún noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • xaxún noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • xexún noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მარხვა noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • მარხვა noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

German

2 entries
  • Fasten noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • Fastenzeit noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Gheg Albanian

2 entries
  • ninimi noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • njinimi noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌵𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹 noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Greek

2 entries
  • νηστεία noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • νηστεία noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Gujarati

4 entries
  • અનશન noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • અનાહાર noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • અપવાસ noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • ઉપવાસ noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • צוֹם noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • צוֹם noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • תַּעֲנִית noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • תַּעֲנִית noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Hindi

4 entries
  • उपवास noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • उपवास noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • रोज़ा noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • रोज़ा noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • böjt noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • böjtölés noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • fasta noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • fasta noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • puasa noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • puasa noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • jejunation noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Irish

3 entries
  • céalacan noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • troscadh noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • troscadh noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Italian

2 entries
  • digiuno noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • digiuno noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 断食 noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • 断食 noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • 絶食 noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • 絶食 noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • djudjum noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • djudjum noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Kalmyk

2 entries
  • мацг noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • мацг noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Kashmiri

4 entries
  • روزٕ noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • روزٕ noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • فاقہٕ noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • فاقہٕ noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ашығу noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • ораза noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Korean

2 entries
  • 단식 noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • 단식 noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • орозо noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Latin

2 entries
  • iēiūnium noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • iēiūnium noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Latvian

3 entries
  • gavēnis noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • gavēnis noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • gavēšana noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • gavėnia noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • pasninkas noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • pasninkas noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • пост noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • пост noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • fifadin-kanina noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • fifadinkanina noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Malay

2 entries
  • puasa noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • puasa noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ഉപവാസം noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • നോമ്പ് noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Marathi

1 entries
  • उपवास noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • харуу noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Mòcheno

2 entries
  • vòst noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • vòst noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Māori

1 entries
  • nohopuku noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • rojî noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • rojî noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • faste noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • faste noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Old Galician-Portuguese

2 entries
  • astẽença noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • jajũu noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Oromo

1 entries
  • sooma noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • اوروج noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • اوروج noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Persian

2 entries
  • روزه noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • روزه noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Polish

3 entries
  • post noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • post noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • poszczenie noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • jejum noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • jejum noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Romanian

3 entries
  • ajun noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • post noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • post noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Russian

4 entries
  • голода́ние noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • голода́ние noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • пост noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • пост noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • उपवास noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • dejunu noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • deunu noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • deunzu noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • diugnu noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • trasg noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • trasg noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • post noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • post noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • пост noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • пост noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • dajunu noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • dijunu noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Slovak

2 entries
  • pôst noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • pôst noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Slovene

2 entries
  • post noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • post noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Somali

1 entries
  • soon noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Spanish

2 entries
  • ayuno noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • ayuno noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Swahili

3 entries
  • funga noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • funga noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • saumu noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Swedish

2 entries
  • fasta noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • fastetid noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • ayuno noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Tajik

2 entries
  • рӯза noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • рӯза noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Tamil

1 entries
  • உண்ணாவிரதம் noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Tatar

1 entries
  • ураза noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Telugu

2 entries
  • ఉపవాసము noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • పస్తు noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Thai

2 entries
  • การอด noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • การอดอาหาร noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཟས་གཅོད noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Turkish

2 entries
  • oruç noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • oruç noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Udi

2 entries
  • цӏум noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • цӏум noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • голодува́ння noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • голодува́ння noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • піст noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • піст noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Urdu

1 entries
  • روزہ noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • roʻza noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Venetan

3 entries
  • dezun noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • dizun noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • zun noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • kiêng ăn noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • kiêng ăn noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
  • nhịn ăn noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • nhịn ăn noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Walloon

2 entries
  • djune noun (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)
  • djune noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ympryd noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • תּענית noun (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)

Sample sentences

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Your fasting, your not eating, that has been your great error.

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I'm fasting.

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Who's fasting?

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We're fasting.

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