Many English proverbs are collected in this book.
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Proverbs
Synonyms for "proverbs" (33 found)
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1 entriesderived from
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3 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
95 translations across 90 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Spreuke name (book of the Bible)
Albanian
1 entries- Fjalët e urta name (book of the Bible)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Παροιμίαι name (book of the Bible)
Arabic
1 entries- اَلْأَمْثَال name (book of the Bible)
Armenian
1 entries- Առակաց name (book of the Bible)
Asturian
1 entries- Proverbios name (book of the Bible)
Basque
1 entries- Esaera Zaharrak name (book of the Bible)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রবচন name (book of the Bible)
Breton
1 entries- Krennlavarioù name (book of the Bible)
Burmese
1 entries- သုတ္တံကျမ်း name (book of the Bible)
Catalan
1 entries- Proverbis name (book of the Bible)
Cebuano
1 entries- Mga Panultihon name (book of the Bible)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەندەکانی سلێمان name (book of the Bible)
Chinese
1 entries- 箴言 name (book of the Bible)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 箴言 name (book of the Bible)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 箴言 name (book of the Bible)
Corsican
1 entries- Pruvèrbii name (book of the Bible)
Czech
1 entries- Přísloví name (book of the Bible)
Danish
1 entries- Ordsprogene name (book of the Bible)
Dutch
1 entries- Spreuken name (book of the Bible)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 箴言 name (book of the Bible)
Estonian
1 entries- Õpetussõnad name (book of the Bible)
Faroese
1 entries- Orðtøk Sálomons name (book of the Bible)
Finnish
1 entries- Sananlaskut name (book of the Bible)
French
1 entries- Proverbes name (book of the Bible)
Georgian
1 entries- იგავნი სოლომონისა name (book of the Bible)
German
1 entries- Sprüche name (book of the Bible)
Greek
1 entries- Παροιμίες name (book of the Bible)
Greenlandic
1 entries- Ussatit name (book of the Bible)
Gujarati
1 entries- નીતિવચનો name (book of the Bible)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 箴言 name (book of the Bible)
Hawaiian
2 entries- Nā ʻŌlelo Akamai A Solomona name (book of the Bible)
- Solomona name (book of the Bible)
Hindi
1 entries- लोकोक्ति name (book of the Bible)
Hungarian
1 entries- A példabeszédek könyve name (book of the Bible)
Icelandic
1 entries- Orðskviðirnir name (book of the Bible)
Ido
1 entries- Proverbium name (book of the Bible)
Indonesian
1 entries- Amsal name (book of the Bible)
Irish
2 entries- Leabhar na Seanfhocal name (book of the Bible)
- Seanfhocail name (book of the Bible)
Italian
1 entries- Proverbi name (book of the Bible)
Japanese
1 entries- 箴言 name (book of the Bible)
Kannada
1 entries- ಙ್ಞಾನೋಕ್ತಿಗಳು name (book of the Bible)
Kazakh
1 entries- Нақыл сөздер name (book of the Bible)
Korean
1 entries- 잠언 name (book of the Bible)
Latin
1 entries- Proverbia name (book of the Bible)
Latvian
1 entries- Pamācības name (book of the Bible)
Lavukaleve
1 entries- Proverbs name (book of the Bible)
Limburgish
1 entries- Spreuke name (book of the Bible)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Patarlių knyga name (book of the Bible)
Lutuv
1 entries- Phungthluvbie name (book of the Bible)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Sprachwierder name (book of the Bible)
Malay
1 entries- Amsal name (book of the Bible)
Malayalam
1 entries- സദൃശ്യവാക്യങ്ങൾ name (book of the Bible)
Maltese
1 entries- Ktieb il-Qwiel name (book of the Bible)
Manx
1 entries- Raaghyn Creeney name (book of the Bible)
Marathi
1 entries- नीतिसूत्रे name (book of the Bible)
Mirandese
1 entries- Probérbios name (book of the Bible)
Mongolian
1 entries- Сургаалт Үгс name (book of the Bible)
Māori
1 entries- Ngā Whakataukī name (book of the Bible)
Neapolitan
1 entries- Pruverbi name (book of the Bible)
Nepali
1 entries- हितोपदेश name (book of the Bible)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- Mithali name (book of the Bible)
Norwegian
2 entries- Ordspråkene name (book of the Bible)
- Salomos Ordtøke name (book of the Bible)
Odia
1 entries- ହିତୋପଦେଶ name (book of the Bible)
Persian
1 entries- امثال name (book of the Bible)
Polish
1 entries- Księga Przysłów name (book of the Bible)
Portuguese
1 entries- Provérbios name (book of the Bible)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕਹਾਉਤਾਂ name (book of the Bible)
Romanian
1 entries- Proverbe name (book of the Bible)
Russian
2 entries- Кни́га При́тчей Соломо́новых name (book of the Bible)
- При́тчи name (book of the Bible)
Scots
1 entries- Proverbs name (book of the Bible)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- Gnàth-fhacail name (book of the Bible)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- Priče Solomunove name (book of the Bible)
Sinhalese
1 entries- හිතෝපදේශ name (book of the Bible)
Slovak
1 entries- Príslovia name (book of the Bible)
Slovene
1 entries- Pregovori name (book of the Bible)
Spanish
1 entries- Proverbios name (book of the Bible)
Swahili
1 entries- Mithali name (book of the Bible)
Swedish
1 entries- Ordspråksboken name (book of the Bible)
Tagalog
2 entries- Kawikaan name (book of the Bible)
- Mga Kawikaan name (book of the Bible)
Tamil
1 entries- நீதிமொழிகள் name (book of the Bible)
Telugu
1 entries- సామెతలు name (book of the Bible)
Thai
1 entries- สุภาษิต name (book of the Bible)
Tumbuka
1 entries- Zintharika name (book of the Bible)
Turkish
1 entries- Süleyman'ın Özdeyişleri name (book of the Bible)
Turkmen
1 entries- Süleýmanyň pähimleri name (book of the Bible)
Urdu
1 entries- امثال name (book of the Bible)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- Mga Darahunon name (book of the Bible)
Welsh
1 entries- Diarhebion name (book of the Bible)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Spreuken name (book of the Bible)
Zealandic
1 entries- Spreuken name (book of the Bible)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Proverbs are full of wisdom.
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Proverbs are still very popular in America.
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I wonder if there is any meaning to putting proverbs into English.
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