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ascetic:
- ascète
Wiktionary:
- ascetic → Ascète, ascète
- ascetic → ascétique
- ascetic → ascète, ascétique

English

Detailed Translations for ascetic from English to French

ascetic:

ascetic [the ~] nomen

the ascetic
l'ascète
- ascète [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for ascetic:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
ascète	ascetic
-	abstainer
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	ascetical; austere; spartan
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	ascetical; continent man

Related Words for "ascetic":

ascetics

Synonyms for "ascetic":

ascetical; religious person
austere; spartan; abstemious
abstainer; religious person

Related Definitions for "ascetic":

practicing great self-denial¹
- Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it¹
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline¹
- ascetic practices¹
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline¹

Wiktionary Translations for ascetic:

ascetic

noun

devotee to the practice of self-denial
- ascetic → Ascète

adjective

related to Ascetics
- ascetic → ascétique

ascetic

noun

reli|fr Celui, celle qui se livrer, par piété, à des exercices spirituels et physiques, à des mortifications.
- ascète → ascetic

adjective

Qui a rapport à l’ascétisme.
- ascétique → ascetic

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• ascetic	→ ascète	↔ Asket — eine Person, die sich in der Askese übt; ein enthaltsam lebender Mensch
• ascetic	→ ascétique	↔ asketisch — Askese entsprechend; enthaltsam, entsagend; auf Vergnügungen und sinnfrohe Genüsse verzichtend

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