English - Etymology

From Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādere.

English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trəˈdɪʃ.ən/, enPR: trə-dish′n
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

English - Noun

tradition (plural traditions)

1. A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
2. A commonly held system.
3. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
   • Blackstone

     A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.

Derived terms

• traditional
• traditionally
• traditionalism

Synonyms

• (a commonly held system): doctrine

Translations

English - Verb

tradition (third-person singular simple present traditions, present participle traditioning, simple past and past participle traditioned)

1. (obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
   • Fuller

     The following story is […] traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.

External links

• tradition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tradition in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Danish - Noun

tradition

Finnish - Noun

tradition

1. Genitive singular form of traditio.

French - Etymology

Old French; Borrowed from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādere. Compare trahison.

French - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.di.sjɔ̃/
• Homophone: traditions
• Hyphenation: tra‧di‧tion

French - Noun

tradition

French - External Links

• "tradition" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish - Noun

tradition

قافية