Dictionary

deity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈdeː.ɪɾi] (Canada)
• [ˈdi.ə.ɾi] (General-American)
• [ˈdæjɪɾɪj] (Australia)
• [ˈdɪjɪɾɪj] (Australia)
• /ˈɖɛj(ɪ)ʈi/ (South-Asia)
• [-tɪ] (Canada)
• /ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [-tɪj] (Australia)
• (UK) audio
• [ˈdeɪ̯-] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈdiː-] (Canada)
• [ˈdeɪ̯.ə.ɾi] (General-American)
• /ˈdi.ə.ti/ (General-American)
• /ˈdeɪ.ə.ti/ (General-American)
• (UK) audio

Etymology

From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
   • Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 4:
2. (countable, uncountable) A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.
   • The fact that in most lands the moon was originally a female deity has led many historians to dispute the superiority of the moon over the sun in ancient mythology. 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 15:
   • The crux of monotheism is not only belief in a single deity but belief in a deity who is different from everything else. 2000, Kenneth Seeskin, Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 23:
   • Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209:

Forms

Deriveds

deitylike · solar deity · deityless · deityship · moon deity · lunar deity · demideity · sun deity · multideity · subdeity · deityhood · semideity · overdeity

Hyponyms

tutelary deity · household deity · faineant deity

Relateds

deicide · god · theism · deify · cosmocrat · deism · godliness

Synonyms

god (a god) · divinity

Translations (96)

ja 神仏 (a god or goddess) · sh božànstvo (a god or goddess) · ca divinitat (a god or goddess) · fi jumala (a god or goddess) · ka ღვთაება (a god or goddess) · ro divinitate (a god or goddess) · gl divinidade (a god or goddess) · es deidad (a god or goddess) · la deus (a god or goddess) · si දෙවියන් (a god or goddess) · uga 𐎛𐎍 (a god or goddess) · nn guddom (a god or goddess) · ru божество́ (a god or goddess) · pt deus (a god or goddess) · ko 신 (a god or goddess) · cmn 神靈 /神灵 (a god or goddess) · da guddom (a god or goddess) · sv gudom (a god or goddess) · ms dewi (a god or goddess) · hi देवता (a god or goddess) · vi thần linh (a god or goddess) · ja 神 (a god or goddess) · dz ལྷ (a god or goddess) · it deità (a god or goddess) · bo ལྷ (a god or goddess) · ro dumnezeu (a god or goddess) · es divinidad (a god or goddess) · nl godheid (a god or goddess) · fj kalou (a god or goddess) · alt кудай (a god or goddess) · ka ღმერთი (a god or goddess) · tl anito (a god or goddess) · ca deïtat (a god or goddess) · ur ایزد (a god or goddess) · sh божа̀нство (a god or goddess) · sq perëndi (a god or goddess) · eo dio (a god or goddess) · fr déité (a god or goddess) · mr देवता (a god or goddess) · fi jumaluus (a god or goddess) · es dios (a god or goddess) · aho 𑜇𑜣 (a god or goddess) · alt кудайлык (a god or goddess) · sk božstvo (a god or goddess) · hu isten (a god or goddess) · crh mabut (a god or goddess) · bg божество́ (a god or goddess) · fa ایزد (a god or goddess) · kk тәңір (a god or goddess) · yo òrìṣà (a god or goddess) · he אלוהים \ אֱלֹהִים (a god or goddess) · de Gottheit (a god or goddess) · no gud (a god or goddess) · he אֵל (a god or goddess) · fi jumalolento (a god or goddess) · be бажаство́ (a god or goddess) · mk божество (a god or goddess) · el θεότητα (a god or goddess) · ar مَعْبُود (a god or goddess) · pot kche-mnedo (a god or goddess) · bxd jui⁵⁵ (a god or goddess) · lv dievība (a god or goddess) · de Gott (a god or goddess) · pa ਭਗਵਾਨ (a god or goddess) · uk божество́ (a god or goddess) · be бо́ства (a god or goddess) · eo diaĵo (a god or goddess) · ar إِلٰه (a god or goddess) · tl diyus-diyusan (a god or goddess) · pdt Gott (nds) (a god or goddess) · sq hyn (a god or goddess) · fi jumalatar (a god or goddess) · pl bożyszcze (a god or goddess) · nb guddom (a god or goddess) · ms dewa (a god or goddess) · cmn 神 (a god or goddess) · it divinità (a god or goddess) · akk ilum (a god or goddess) · tl batha-bathalaan (a god or goddess) · la divinitas (a god or goddess) · la deitas (a god or goddess) · cmn 神明 (a god or goddess) · aho 𑜏𑜦𑜂𑜫 (a god or goddess) · vi thần (a god or goddess) · sl božanstvo (a god or goddess) · es diosa (a god or goddess) · cs božstvo (a god or goddess) · pt divindade (a god or goddess) · pt deusa (a god or goddess) · pt deidade (a god or goddess) · pl bóstwo (a god or goddess) · fr divinité (a god or goddess) · ms tuhan (a god or goddess) · hu istenség (a god or goddess) · sq hyj (a god or goddess) · io deo (a god or goddess)