pious

English

Etymology

From Latin pīus (“pious, dutiful, blessed, kind, devout”), from Proto-Indo-European *pey- (“to adore”). Cognate with Old English fǣle (“faithful, trusty, good; dear, beloved”). More at feal.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪəs/
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Rhymes: -aɪəs

Adjective

pious (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)
  Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious.

Usage notes

Sometimes used pejoratively, in the sense of "mistaken" or "false" piety, as in "pious errors", "pious frauds".

Synonyms

reverent, reverential, dutiful, religious, devout, godly

Antonyms

(of or pertaining to piety): impious, independent, profane

Derived terms

Related terms

piety

Translations

of or pertaining to piety

Arabic: صَالِح‎‎ (ṣāliḥ), وَرِع‎‎ (wariʿ), مُتَدَيِّن‎‎ (mutadayyin)
Bulgarian: набожен (bg) (nabožen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 敬虔 (zh) (jìngqián), 虔誠 (zh), 虔诚 (zh) (qiánchéng)
Czech: zbožný (cs)
Danish: ydmyg, from (da)
Dutch: vroom (nl)
Esperanto: pia (eo)
Finnish: hurskas (fi), harras (fi), jumalinen (fi), jumalaapelkääväinen
French: pieux (fr)
Galician: pío m
Georgian: ღვთისმოშიში (ɣvtismošiši), მორწმუნე (morc̣mune), ღვთისმოსავი (ɣvtismosavi)
German: fromm (de)
Greek: ευσεβής (el) m, f (efsevís), θρήσκος (el) (thrískos)
Ancient: εὐσεβής (eusebḗs), θρῆσκος (thrêskos)
Indonesian: saleh (id)
Japanese: 敬虔な (ja) (けいけいんな, keiken-na), 信心深い (しんじんぶかい, shinjin-bukai)

Korean: 신심 (ko) (shinshim), 경건 (ko) (kyeonggeon)
Kurdish:
Sorani: په‌رستش‎‎
Latin: pius (la) m
Malay: salih, warak, alim
Maori: whakapono
Norman: pieux
Norwegian: from (no)
Polish: pobożny (pl)
Portuguese: pio (pt)
Russian: на́божный (ru) (nábožnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: cràbhach
Serbo-Croatian: pobožan (sh)
Spanish: piadoso m
Swedish: from (sv), pietistisk, pietetsfull (sv), andaktsfull, vördsam (sv)
Turkish: dindar (tr), imanı bütün, sofu (tr), salih (tr), mütedeyyin (tr)

practiced under the pretext of religion

Bulgarian: набожен (bg) (nabožen)
Finnish: tekopyhä (fi), muotojumalinen
Georgian: ღვთისმოშიში (ɣvtismošiši), ღვთისმოსავი (ɣvtismosavi), მორწმუნე (morc̣mune)
Japanese: (phrase) 信心の名を借りた (shinjin no na wo karita), 宗教にかこつけた (shūkyō ni kakotsuketa); (hypocritical) 偽善的な (gizen-teki na)

Scottish Gaelic: cràbhach
Serbo-Croatian: nabožan (sh)
Turkish: bağnaz (tr), yobaz (tr)

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} pio
Old English: hāliġ

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} piadoso, ^{(please verify)} piadosa
Yiddish: פֿרום (frum)

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