Prayer

//pɹɛə//

Synonyms for "prayer" (122 found)

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Translations

403 translations across 144 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • дыухьэ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Afrikaans

4 entries
  • bede noun (a request; a petition)
  • bid noun (the act of praying)
  • bidder noun (one who prays)
  • gebed noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Albanian

2 entries
  • lutje noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • lutje noun (the act of praying)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ጸሎት noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • εὐχή noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • εὐχή noun (the act of praying)

Arabic

4 entries
  • دُعا noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • دُعَاء noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • صلا noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • صلاة noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Aramaic

2 entries
  • צְלוֹתָא noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • ܨܠܘܬܐ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Armenian

3 entries
  • աղոթք noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • աղոթք noun (the act of praying)
  • աղոթք noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Assamese

1 entries
  • প্ৰাৰ্থনা noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Asturian

1 entries
  • oración noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Avar

1 entries
  • дугӏа noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • dua noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • namaz noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Balinese

3 entries
  • japa noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • mantra noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • saa noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • доға noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • доға noun (the act of praying)
  • доға noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • намаҙ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Basque

4 entries
  • otoi noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • otoitz noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • otoitz noun (the act of praying)
  • otoitzaldi noun (the act of praying)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • малі́тва noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Bengali

4 entries
  • দোয়া noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • নামাজ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • নামাজী noun (one who prays)
  • প্রার্থনা noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • pangadyi noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • молба́ noun (a request; a petition)
  • моле́бен noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)
  • молещ се noun (one who prays)
  • моли́тва noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပတ္ထနာ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • молитва noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Catalan

3 entries
  • oració noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • pregària noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • rés noun (the act of praying)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • samb̲ayang noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Central Kurdish

4 entries
  • دوعا noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • نوێژ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • نوێژ noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)
  • نوێژ کردن noun (the act of praying)

Chinese

2 entries
  • дўвар noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • 祈禱 /祈祷 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 祈禱 /祈祷 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 祈禱 /祈祷 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Church Slavic

2 entries
  • молитва noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • ⰿⱁⰾⰻⱅⰲⰰ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • кӗлӗ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Czech

4 entries
  • modlení noun (the act of praying)
  • modlitba noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • modlitba noun (the act of praying)
  • modlitba noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Danish

2 entries
  • bøn noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • bøn noun (the act of praying)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ނަމާދު noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bede noun (a request; a petition)
  • bidden noun (the act of praying)
  • gebed noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • gebed noun (the act of praying)

Egyptian

4 entries
  • n:nH-H-A2 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • n:nH-H-A2 noun (the act of praying)
  • z:SA-A-F5-Y1 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • z:SA-A-F5-Y1 noun (the act of praying)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • preĝo noun (the act of praying)

Estonian

1 entries
  • palve noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bøn noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Finnish

4 entries
  • pyyntö noun (a request; a petition)
  • rukoileminen noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • rukoileminen noun (the act of praying)
  • rukous noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

French

4 entries
  • prière noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • prière noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • prière noun (a request; a petition)
  • prières noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)

Friulian

3 entries
  • jaculatorie noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • orazion noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • preiere noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Galician

2 entries
  • oración noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • orazón noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ლოცვა noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

German

4 entries
  • Beter noun (one who prays)
  • Beterin noun (one who prays)
  • Gebet noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • Gebet noun (the act of praying)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Greek

4 entries
  • ικεσία noun (a request; a petition)
  • προσευχή noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • προσευχή noun (the act of praying)
  • προσευχή noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • પ્રાર્થના noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Hausa

1 entries
  • salla noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תפילה \ תְּפִלָּה noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अर्चना noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • उपासना noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • दुआ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • नमाज़ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fohász noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • fohászkodás noun (the act of praying)
  • ima noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • ima noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • bæn noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • doa noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • doa noun (the act of praying)
  • doa noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • salat noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • malitva noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • rissimä noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Ingush

1 entries
  • дуӏа noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • دُعا noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • صَلات noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • نَماز noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Irish

4 entries
  • guí noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • guí noun (the act of praying)
  • paidir noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • paidir noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Italian

4 entries
  • orazione noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • prece noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • pregatore noun (one who prays)
  • pregatrice noun (one who prays)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 祈り noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • 祈り noun (the act of praying)
  • 祈祷 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Judeo-Italian

1 entries
  • אוּרַאצִיאוֹנַה noun (the act of praying)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • бата noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • бата noun (the act of praying)
  • дұға noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • мінәжат noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ធម៌ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Korean

2 entries
  • 기도 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • дуба noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • намаз noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Lao

2 entries
  • ພາວະນາ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • ອະຖິຖານ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Latin

4 entries
  • precatio noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • precatio noun (the act of praying)
  • precatio noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • prex noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Latvian

1 entries
  • lūgšana noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • дуьа noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • preghëa noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • malda noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Lombard

1 entries
  • orazión noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Lutuv

1 entries
  • thlaachuona noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Gebiet noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • молба noun (a request; a petition)
  • молење noun (the act of praying)
  • молитва noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • молитва noun (the act of praying)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • cadsambayang noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Malay

2 entries
  • sembahyang noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • solat noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • പ്രാർത്ഥന noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • പ്രാർത്ഥന noun (the act of praying)
  • പ്രാർത്ഥന noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • പ്രാർത്ഥന noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)

Maranao

1 entries
  • sambayang noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Marathi

1 entries
  • प्रार्थना noun (a request; a petition)

Marwari

1 entries
  • गुजारिस noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • doa noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • залбирал noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • ᠵᠠᠯᠪᠠᠷᠢᠯ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Māori

1 entries
  • karakia noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Navajo

1 entries
  • sodizin noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Norman

1 entries
  • priéthe noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • dua noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • nivêj noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • nivêj noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • bønn noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • bønn noun (the act of praying)
  • bønn noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • bønn noun (a request; a petition)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • bønn noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • bønn noun (the act of praying)
  • bønn noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • bønn noun (a request; a petition)

Occitan

1 entries
  • prèga noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Odia

1 entries
  • ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • anami'ewin noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Okinawan

2 entries
  • かみにげー noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • 御願 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • молитва noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Old English

2 entries
  • ġebed noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • ġebed noun (the act of praying)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • guide noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • guide noun (the act of praying)

Oromo

1 entries
  • kadhata noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • دعا noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • دعا noun (the act of praying)
  • دعا noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • نماز noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • молитва noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Pashto

4 entries
  • دعا noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • صلات noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • لمونځ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • لمونځ noun (the act of praying)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • orassion noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Jebäd noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • Jebäd noun (the act of praying)

Polish

4 entries
  • modlitwa noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • modlitwa noun (the act of praying)
  • modlitwa noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • modlitwa noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • culto noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)
  • missa noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)
  • orador noun (one who prays)
  • oradora noun (one who prays)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਪ੍ਰਾਰਥਨਾ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • dua noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Romagnol

2 entries
  • urazion noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • urazion noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Romanian

4 entries
  • rugăciune noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • rugăciune noun (the act of praying)
  • serviciu divin noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)
  • slujbă religioasă noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)

Romansch

4 entries
  • oraziun noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • urazchun noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • uraziun noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • uraziun noun (the act of praying)

Russian

4 entries
  • моле́бен noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)
  • моли́тва noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • моли́тва noun (the act of praying)
  • моли́тва noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • प्रार्थना noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • ùrnaigh noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • ùrnaigh noun (the act of praying)
  • ùrnaigh noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • ùrnaigh noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mòlba noun (a request; a petition)
  • mòlitva noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • mòlitva noun (the act of praying)
  • mòlitva noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • prijera noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Sindhi

1 entries
  • نماز noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Slovak

1 entries
  • modlitba noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Slovene

4 entries
  • molitev noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • molitev noun (the act of praying)
  • molitev noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • molitev noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)

Sotho

4 entries
  • ho rapela noun (the act of praying)
  • kopano ya thapelo noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)
  • kopo noun (a request; a petition)
  • mantswe a thapelo noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • кудай сӧзӱ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • мӧргӱ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Spanish

4 entries
  • oración noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • oración noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • orador noun (one who prays)
  • oradora noun (one who prays)

Swahili

4 entries
  • sala noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • swala noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • swala noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • swali noun (the act of praying)

Swedish

4 entries
  • bedjare noun (one who prays)
  • bön noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • bön noun (the act of praying)
  • bön noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • dasal noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Tajik

4 entries
  • дуо noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • дуъо noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • намоз noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • салот noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பிரார்த்தனை noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Tatar

2 entries
  • дога noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • намаз noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ప్రార్థన noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Thai

3 entries
  • ภาวนา noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • สวดมนต์ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • อธิษฐาน noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • བཀའ་བསྒོ noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ጸሎት noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • prea noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Turkish

4 entries
  • dua noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • dua noun (the act of praying)
  • dua noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • dua noun (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • dileg noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • doga noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • namaz noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎕𐎍𐎚 noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • моли́тва noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • молитва noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • пацєр noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)

Urdu

3 entries
  • دُعا noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • صَلات noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • نَماز noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • دۇئا noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • ناماز noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • duo noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • namoz noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • salot noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Venetan

1 entries
  • orassión noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • kinh cầu nguyện noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • kinh nguyện noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • ý nguyện noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Waray-Waray

2 entries
  • pa-nga-di noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • pa-nga-dji noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Welsh

4 entries
  • erfyniad noun (a request; a petition)
  • gweddi noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • gweddi noun (the specific words or methods used for praying)
  • gweddi noun (a request; a petition)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • ʼokąąhí noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • תּפֿילה noun (practice of communicating with one's God)
  • תּפֿילה noun (the act of praying)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • duwa noun (practice of communicating with one's God)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Your team doesn't have a prayer to win the championship game.

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Your prayer will be answered.

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My prayer was answered.

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They offer an earnest prayer on the evening of December 24.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.