We must have respect for tradition.
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Tradition
//tɹəˈdɪʃn̩//
Synonyms for "tradition" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
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195 translations across 103 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- tradisie noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Albanian
2 entries- gojdhânë noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- traditë noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παράδοσις noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Arabic
1 entries- تَقْلِيد noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Armenian
1 entries- ավանդույթ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Assamese
1 entries- পৰম্পৰা noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Asturian
1 entries- tradición noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- adət-ənənə noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ənənə noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Bashkir
4 entries- йола noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- традиция noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ғәҙәт noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ғөрөф-ғәҙәт noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Basque
3 entries- ohitura noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradizio noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- usadio noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Belarusian
1 entries- трады́цыя noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Bengali
4 entries- ঐতিহ্য noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- তমদ্দুন noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- প্রথা noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- রসম noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тради́ция noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Burmese
2 entries- ဓလေ့ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ပဝေဏီ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- траді́ція noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Catalan
1 entries- tradició noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Chechen
1 entries- ламаст noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Chinese
2 entries- чуантун noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- 傳統 /传统 noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 傳統 /传统 noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 傳統 /传统 noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Czech
1 entries- tradice noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Danish
2 entries- overlevering noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradition noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Dutch
1 entries- traditie noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- йӱла noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 傳統 /传统 noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Esperanto
1 entries- tradicio noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Estonian
4 entries- komme noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- pärimus noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tava noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- traditsioon noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Finnish
3 entries- perimätieto noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- perinne noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- traditio noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
French
1 entries- tradition noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Georgian
3 entries- ტრადიცია noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ჩვეულება noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- წეს-ჩვევა noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
German
3 entries- Tradition noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- Urüberlieferung noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- Überlieferung noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Greek
1 entries- παράδοση noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Gujarati
1 entries- પરંપરા noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 傳統 /传统 noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Hebrew
1 entries- מסורת \ מָסֹרֶת noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Hindi
2 entries- परंपरा noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- रस्म noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Hungarian
2 entries- hagyomány noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradíció noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Icelandic
1 entries- hefð noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Ido
1 entries- tradiciono noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Indonesian
2 entries- adat noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradisi noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Ingrian
1 entries- tapa noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- آئین noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- آیین noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- تَراداد noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- رَسْم noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Irish
1 entries- traidisiún noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Italian
1 entries- tradizione noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Japanese
1 entries- 伝統 noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Kannada
1 entries- ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Kazakh
4 entries- дәстүр noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- салт noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- салт-дәстүр noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- әдет-ғұрпы noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Khmer
3 entries- បវេណី noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ប្រពៃណី noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ប្រវេណី noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Korean
1 entries- 전통 noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- адат noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- каада-салт noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- салт noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- традиция noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Lao
3 entries- ຈາລີດ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ທັມນຽມ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ປະເພນີ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Latin
2 entries- cōnsuētūdō noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- trāditiō noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Latvian
2 entries- paraža noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradīcija noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tradicija noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Low German
1 entries- Traditschoon noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Luhya
1 entries- butamaduni noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Traditioun noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Macedonian
2 entries- преда́ние noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- тради́ција noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Malay
2 entries- adat noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradisi noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Malayalam
1 entries- പാരമ്പര്യം noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Maltese
1 entries- tradizzjoni noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Marathi
1 entries- परंपरा noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Mongolian
1 entries- уламжлал noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Nepali
2 entries- चलन noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- परम्परा noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- kevneşopî noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradîsyon noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- overlevering noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradisjon noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- overlevering noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradisjon noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- عنعنه noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Pali
1 entries- paveṇi noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Pashto
3 entries- دود noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- عنعنه noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- چوچ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Polish
1 entries- tradycja noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Portuguese
1 entries- tradição noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪਰੰਪਰਾ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Romanian
2 entries- datină noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradiție noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Russian
2 entries- преда́ние noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- тради́ция noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Sanskrit
4 entries- आगम noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- परम्परा noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- पारम्पर्य noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- सम्प्रदाय noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Scots
1 entries- tradeetion noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- beul-aithris noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- beul-oideas noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- dualchas noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- seachadas noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- predánje noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tràdīcija noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- преда́ње noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- тра̀дӣција noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Sinhalese
1 entries- චාරිත්රය noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Slovak
1 entries- tradícia noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Slovene
1 entries- tradicija noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Spanish
1 entries- tradición noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Swahili
4 entries- desturi noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- itikadi noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tabia noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tamaduni noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Swedish
1 entries- tradition noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Tagalog
4 entries- kamihasnan noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- kaugalian noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- pinamulihan noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradisyon noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Tajik
3 entries- анъана noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- расм noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- суннат noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Tamil
1 entries- பாரம்பரியம் noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Telugu
1 entries- సంప్రదాయం noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Thai
4 entries- จารีต noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ธรรมเนียม noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ประเพณี noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- แบบแผน noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལུགས་སྲོལ noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Turkish
3 entries- gelenek noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- tradisyon noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- töre noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Turkmen
4 entries- dessur noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- däp noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- däp-dessur noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ýörelge noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тради́ція noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Urdu
4 entries- حَدِیث noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- رَسْم noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- رِواج noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- رِوایَت noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Uyghur
3 entries- ئەنئەنە noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- ترادىتسىيە noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- رەسىم noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Uzbek
3 entries- anʼana noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- rasm noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- traditsiya noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Vietnamese
3 entries- phong tục noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- sự truyền miệng noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- truyền thống noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Walloon
1 entries- uzance noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Welsh
1 entries- traddodiad noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 傳統 /传统 noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Yiddish
3 entries- טראַדיציע noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- מסורה noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
- מעסוירע noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Zazaki
1 entries- dode noun (a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
In a past-oriented society, people dwell on the past and on tradition.
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Fashion designers are breaking with tradition.
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The story is founded on tradition.
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