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nounThe cardinal sins enumerated by medieval philosophers and theologians: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).
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Origin
- Middle Englishdedly synnes sueyn
- Englishseven deadly sins
From Middle English dedly synnes sueyn, vij dedly synnes.
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Arabic اَلْخَطَايَا السَّبْعُ الْمُمِيتَةُ
- اَلْخَطَايَا السَّبْعُ الْمُمِيتَةُ (al-ḵaṭāyā s-sabʕu l-mumītatu)the seven cardinal sins
Bulgarian седемте смъртни гряха
- седемте смъртни гряха (sedemte smărtni grjaha)the seven cardinal sins
Catalan set pecats capitals
- set pecats capitalsthe seven cardinal sins
Chinese Mandarin 七宗罪
- 七宗罪 (qī zōng zuì)the seven cardinal sins
Czech sedm hlavních hříchů
- sedm hlavních hříchůthe seven cardinal sins
Danish syv dødssynder
- syv dødssynderthe seven cardinal sins
Dutch zeven hoofdzonden
- zeven hoofdzondenthe seven cardinal sins
Esperanto sep gravegaj pekoj
- sep gravegaj pekojthe seven cardinal sins
Finnish seitsemän kuolemansyntiä
- seitsemän kuolemansyntiäthe seven cardinal sins
French sept péchés capitaux
- sept péchés capitauxthe seven cardinal sins
German sieben Todsünden
- sieben Todsündenthe seven cardinal sins
Greek επτά θανάσιμα αμαρτήματα
- επτά θανάσιμα αμαρτήματα (eptá thanásima amartímata)the seven cardinal sins
Hebrew שִׁבְעָת קַטְלָנִית חֲטָאִים
- שִׁבְעָת קַטְלָנִית חֲטָאִים (shivat qatlanít chataím)the seven cardinal sins
Hindi सात घातक पाप
- सात घातक पाप (sāt ghātak pāp)the seven cardinal sins
Hungarian hét főbűn
- hét főbűnthe seven cardinal sins
Icelandic dauðasyndirnar sjö
- dauðasyndirnar sjöthe seven cardinal sins
Irish seacht bpeacaí marfacha
- seacht bpeacaí marfachathe seven cardinal sins
Italian sette peccati capitali
- sette peccati capitalithe seven cardinal sins
Japanese 七つの大罪
- 七つの大罪 (nanatsu no taizai)the seven cardinal sins
Korean 일곱 가지 대죄
- 일곱 가지 대죄 (ilgop gaji daejoe)the seven cardinal sins
Latin saligia, septem peccata mortalia
- saligiathe seven cardinal sins
- septem peccata mortaliathe seven cardinal sins
- septem peccata capitaliathe seven cardinal sins
Norwegian syv dødssynder
- syv dødssynderthe seven cardinal sins
Persian هفت گناه کبیره
- هفت گناه کبیره (haft gonâh-e kabire)the seven cardinal sins
Polish siedem grzechów głównych
- siedem grzechów głównychthe seven cardinal sins
Portuguese sete pecados capitais
- sete pecados capitaisthe seven cardinal sins
Russian семь сме́ртных грехо́в
- семь сме́ртных грехо́в (semʹ smértnyx grexóv)the seven cardinal sins
Scottish Gaelic seachd peacaidhean-bàis
- seachd peacaidhean-bàisthe seven cardinal sins
Slovak sedem hlavných hriechov
- sedem hlavných hriechovthe seven cardinal sins
Spanish siete pecados capitales
- siete pecados capitalesthe seven cardinal sins
Swedish sju dödssynderna
- sju dödssyndernathe seven cardinal sins
Tagalog pitong nakamamatay na kasalanan
- pitong nakamamatay na kasalananthe seven cardinal sins
Thai บาป ๗ ประการ
- บาป ๗ ประการ (bàap jèt pràgaan)the seven cardinal sins
Turkish yedi ölümcül günah
- yedi ölümcül günahthe seven cardinal sins
Ukrainian смертні гріхи
- смертні гріхи (smertni hrixy)the seven cardinal sins
Urdu سات مہلک گناہ
- سات مہلک گناہ (sāt mohlik gunāh)the seven cardinal sins
Vietnamese bảy mối tội đầu
- bảy mối tội đầuthe seven cardinal sins
Welsh saith pechod marwol
- saith pechod marwolthe seven cardinal sins
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“seven deadly sins.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seven%20deadly%20sins. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seven deadly sins,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seven%20deadly%20sins.
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