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he'll|Hell

hell (English)

Alternative forms

Christianity

Hell

Engelska - hel

17 century

Engelska - helle

Etymology

Holländska - -

Engelska - hele

Pronunciation

- /hɛl/,

/hEl/

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- Audio (UK)

Rhymes: ɛl

Proper noun

In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death

uncountable

The place where devils live and where sinners are punished after death

May you rot in hell!

* 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

*: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.

* 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

*: Hell is a strait and dark and foul-smelling prison, an abode of demons and lost souls, filled with fire and smoke.

Synonyms

euphemisms for Christian place for damned souls after death

Hades, heck, infernal_region, inferno, netherworld, underworld

Antonyms

- uncountable heaven

Translations

where sinners go

Arabiska - جحيم

, النار, جهنم

Aramaic:

: Syriac: ܓܗܢܐ (gehanā’)

: Hebrew: גהנא (gehanā’)

Armenian - դժոխք|tr=džoxk’

Vitryska - ад

, пекла

Bosnian - pakao|m, - džehenem|m

Bulgariska - ад

, пъкъл

Katalanska - infern

Chechen - жоьжахати

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 地獄|sc=Hani, - 地狱|tr=dìyù|sc=Hani

Kroatiska - pakao

Tjeckiska - peklo

Danska - helvede

Holländska - hel

Esperanto - infero|xs=Esperanto

Estniska - põrgu

Faroese - helviti|n|xs=Faroese

Finska - helvetti

Franska - enfer

Georgian - ჯოჯოხეთი|tr=ǰoǰoxet’i|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian

Tyska - Hölle

Grekiska - Κόλαση

Hebrew - גיהנום|m|f|alt=גֵּיהִנונּוֹם|tr=ge'henom

Hindiska - नरक

, जहन्नम, यमलोक

Ungerska - pokol

, dzsehennem, csehenem

Isländska - helviti

Indonesiska - neraka

Interlingua: inferno

Italienska - inferno

Japanska - 地獄

, 魔界, 奈落 naraka

Kannada - ನರಕ|sc=Knda

Koreanska - 지옥

()

Kurdish:

: Sorani - جه‌هه‌نه‌م|sc=ku-Arab

Latgalian - eļne

Latin: infernum

Lettiska - elle

, pekle

Lithuanian: pragaras

Low German - helle|f

Makedonska - пекол

Malaysiska - neraka

Malayalam - നരകം|sc=Mlym

Maltesiska - infern

Marathi: नर्क (narka)

Navajo - chʼį́įdiitah

Newari - नर्क

Norska - helvete

Old Church Slavonic - адъ|m|tr=adŭ|sc=Cyrl|xs=Old Church Slavonic

Old Norse: helviti

Old Provençal - Enfern

Persiska - دوزخ

, جهنم

Polska - piekło

Portugisiska - inferno

Rumänska - iad

Ryska - ад

, преисподняя, пекло, геенна огненная

Sanskrit - नरक|tr=naraka|xs=Sanskrit

Saterland Frisian: Hälle

Scottish Gaelic: Ifrinn

Serbo-Croatian:

: Cyrillic - пакао|m|sc=Cyrl, - ад|m|sc=Cyrl, - џехенем|m|sc=Cyrl

: Roman: pakao#Serbian|pakao , ad , džehenem

Sicilian - nfernu|m|xs=Sicilian

Slovakiska - peklo

Slovenska - pekel

Spanska - infierno

Svenska - helvete

Filippinska - impiyerno

Tajik - дӯзах|tr=dūzax|sx=Tajik, - ҷаҳаннам|tr=jahannam|xs=Tajik

Tamil: நரகம் (narakam)

Telugu: నరకం (narakaM)

Thailändska - นรก

Turkiska - cehennem

, tamu

Ukrainska - ад

, пекло

Vietnamesiska - địa ngục

(

vi|地獄

)

Volapük - höl

West Frisian: hel

Noun

hyperbole

A place or situation of great suffering in life

My new boss is making my job a hell.

I went through hell to get home today.

* 1879, General William T. Sherman, commencement address at the Michigan Military Academy

*: There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.

* - composer=Metallica|title=Disposable Heroes|album=Master of Puppets|passage=Why, am I dying? / Kill, have no fear / Lie, live off lying / Hell, hell is here

A place for gambling

* 1907, w:Joseph_Conrad|Joseph_Conrad, The Secret Agent

*: ... the air of moral nihilism common to keepers of gambling hells and disorderly houses; ...

An extremely hot place

You don't have a snowball's chance in hell.

Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun

I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more.

What the hell is wrong with you?

He says he's going home early? Like hell he is.

Derived terms

Terms derived from hell (noun)

as_hell

forty_minutes_of_hell

hell_and_half_of_Georgia

hella

hellagood

hell-fire

hell_for_leather

hell_hath_no_fury_like_a_woman_scorned

hellish

hell_on_earth

hell_on_wheels

hell's_delight|hell’s_delight

Translations

place of suffering in life

Armenian - դժոխք|tr=džoxk’

Tjeckiska - peklo

Holländska - hel

Esperanto - infero|xs=Esperanto

Finska - helvetti

Franska - enfer

Tyska - Hölle

Grekiska - κόλαση

Ungerska - pokol

Indonesiska - neraka

Interlingua: inferno

Italienska - inferno

Japanese: 地獄 (じごく, jigoku)

Lettiska - elle

Lithuanian: pragaras

Norska - helvete

جهنم

(jahannam)

Polska - piekło

Portugisiska - inferno

Ryska - ад

Saterland Frisian: Hälle

Scottish Gaelic: Ifrinn

Serbo-Croatian:

: Cyrillic - пакао|m|sc=Cyrl, - ад|m|sc=Cyrl

: Roman: pakao#Serbian|pakao , ad

Sicilian - nfernu|m|xs=Sicilian

Slovakiska - peklo

Spanska - infierno

Svenska - helvete

Telugu: నరకం (narakaM)

Volapük - höl

West Frisian - Hel|f|xs=West Frisian

Interjection

not polite

Used to express negative discontent

Oh, hell! I got another parking ticket.

not polite

Used to emphasize

Hell, yeah!