tradition

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason. === Pronunciation === enPR: trə-dishʹ(ə)n, IPA(key): /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ən/ Rhymes: -ɪʃən === Noun === tradition (countable and uncountable, plural traditions) 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. A commonly held system. (Can we add an example for this sense?) An established or distinctive style or method: Following tradition, the victorious athlete runs a lap around the track. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. (textual criticism) The entirety of a text's transmission; all the versions of a work. ==== Synonyms ==== (a commonly held system): doctrine ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tradition (third-person singular simple present traditions, present participle traditioning, simple past and past participle traditioned) (obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down. ==== References ==== Caroline Macé, Philipp Roelli, et al., editors (13 November 2015), “Tradition”, in Parvum lexicon stemmatologicum. A brief lexicon of stemmatology, Helsinki: University of Helsinki, →DOI, →OCLC, page 203. ==== Further reading ==== “tradition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tradition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Raymond Williams (1983), “Tradition”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 318. == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tradiˈsjoːn/, [tˢʁɑd̥iˈɕonˀ] === Noun === tradition c (singular definite traditionen, plural indefinite traditioner) tradition ==== Inflection ==== ==== Related terms ==== traditionel === Further reading === “tradition” in Den Danske Ordbog tradition on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Finnish == === Noun === tradition genitive singular of traditio == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French tradition, from Old French, borrowed from Latin trāditiōnem, from the verb trādere. Compare trahison. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁa.di.sjɔ̃/ Homophone: traditions Hyphenation: tra‧di‧tion === Noun === tradition f (plural traditions) tradition a type of baguette or French stick ==== Synonyms ==== coutume ==== Derived terms ==== traditionnel ==== Related terms ==== traditionalisme traditionaliste === Further reading === “tradition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === tradicion === Etymology === From Old French tradicion (“delivery”), a borrowing from Latin. === Noun === tradition f (plural traditions) delivery treason fable; oral narrative custom tradition ==== Descendants ==== French: tradition === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “tradicion”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “tradition”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tradɪˈɧuːn/ === Noun === tradition c (uncountable, countable) tradition ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== tradera traditionell === References === “tradition”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tradition”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tradition”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)