promise
Πολλοῖς ὁ Δαίμων, οὐ κατ' εὔνοιαν φέρων, / Μεγάλα δίδωσιν εὐτυχήματ' ... (Euripides) → God brings great good fortune to many, not out of good will,...
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive or absolute
P. and V. ὑπισχνεῖσθαι, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, ἐπινεύειν, V. ὑπίσχεσθαι, συναινεῖν (also Xen.), αἰνεῖν, καταινεῖν, P. κατεπαγγέλλεσθαι.
Absol., P. and V. ὑφίστασθαι, P. ὑποδέχεσθαι, ἀναδέχεσθαι, V. ἐξαγγέλλεσθαι.
pledge oneself: Ar. and P. ἐγγυᾶσθαι.
promise to be, be likely to be: P. and V. μέλλειν; (infin.).
promise well: P. and V. εὖ προχωρεῖν.
substantive
P. and V. ὑπόσχεσις, ἡ, P. ἐπάγγελμα, τό.
assurance, pledge: P. and V. πίστις, ἡ, πιστόν, τό; see pledge.
hope, expectation: P. and V. ἐλπίς, ἡ.
Translations
noun
Albanian: premtim; Arabic: وَعْد, وَعْدَة; Egyptian Arabic: وعد; Hijazi Arabic: وَعَد; Armenian: խոստում; Asturian: promesa; Azerbaijani: söz, vəd; Bashkir: вәғәҙә; Belarusian: абяцанне; Bengali: অঙ্গীকার, প্রতিশ্রুতি; Breton: promesa; Bulgarian: обещание; Burmese: ကတိ, ခံဝန်ချက်; Catalan: promesa; Chinese Mandarin: 諾言, 诺言, 答應, 答应, 許諾, 许诺, 誓言, 承諾, 承诺; Corsican: prumèssa; Czech: slib; Danish: løfte; Dutch: belofte; Esperanto: promeso; Estonian: lubadus; Ewe: ŋugbedodo; Faroese: eiti, lyfti; Finnish: lupaus; French: vœu, promesse; Galician: promesa; Georgian: დაპირება; German: Versprechen; Greek: υπόσχεση; Ancient Greek: ἐπαγγελία, ὑπόσχεσις; Hebrew: הַבְטָחָה, נֶדֶר; Hiligaynon: panaad; Hindi: वचन, शपथ, वादा, सौगन्द; Hungarian: ígéret; Icelandic: loforð; Interlingua: promissa; Irish: gealltanas; Italian: promessa, giuramento, voto; Japanese: 約束; Kazakh: уәде, уағда; Khmer: ពាក្យសន្យា; Korean: 약속(約束); Kurdish Central Kurdish: بەڵێن; Northern Kurdish: soz, ehd, belên, newîn, wad; Kyrgyz: убада; Lao: ຄຳສັນຍາ; Latin: promissum, promissio; Latvian: solījums; Lithuanian: pažadas; Low German: Verspriäken; Luxembourgish: Verspriechen, Verspriechung; Macedonian: ветување; Malay: janji; Maltese: wegħda; Manx: gialdin; Maore Comorian: wahadi; Maori: kupu taurangi; Mongolian Cyrillic: амлалт; Nepali: वचन; Norwegian Bokmål: løfte; Nynorsk: løfte; Old English: ġehāt; Pashto: واده, وعده, ژمنه; Persian: وعده قول; Piedmontese: promëssa; Polish: obietnica; Portuguese: promessa; Romanian: promisiune, legământ, făgăduială, făgăduință; Russian: обещание; Sanskrit: प्रतिज्ञा, शपथ, वचन, व्रत; Sardinian: promissa; Scots: behecht; Scottish Gaelic: gealltanas; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: обећање; Roman: obećánje; Sinhalese: පොරොන්දුව; Slovak: sľub; Slovene: obljuba; Somali: wacad; Spanish: promesa; Swahili: ahadi; Swedish: löfte; Tagalog: pangako; Tajik: ваъда, қавл; Tatar: вәгъдә; Telugu: ఒట్టు; Thai: คำสัญญา, คำมั่นสัญญา; Tok Pisin: promis; Turkish: söz, vaat; Turkmen: wada, söz; Ukrainian: обіцянка; Urdu: وعدہ; Uyghur: ۋەدە; Uzbek: vaʼda, soʻz; Venetian: inpromésa; Vietnamese: lời hứa; Volapük: prom; Waray-Waray: sa-ad; Welsh: addewid; Yiddish: צוזאָג