amen

Etymology
, from, from , from , from (cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as, , and.

Pronunciation

 * Both pronunciations are used, sometimes even by the same speaker depending on the context.
 * Both pronunciations are used, sometimes even by the same speaker depending on the context.

Interjection

 * 1) At the end of religious prayers: so be it.
 * 2)  An expression of strong agreement, often in the phrase "Amen to that!"
 * 1)  An expression of strong agreement, often in the phrase "Amen to that!"
 * 1)  An expression of strong agreement, often in the phrase "Amen to that!"
 * 1)  An expression of strong agreement, often in the phrase "Amen to that!"
 * 1)  An expression of strong agreement, often in the phrase "Amen to that!"
 * 1)  An expression of strong agreement, often in the phrase "Amen to that!"

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: (both scripts-variant used in Bosnia and Herzegovina)
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Adverb

 * 1)  certainly, verily.

Noun

 * 1) An instance of saying ‘amen’.

Translations

 * Farefare: amina
 * Moore: ãmina
 * Portuguese:


 * Dutch: amen,
 * French:
 * Persian:

Verb

 * 1)  To say amen.
 * 2)  To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
 * 1)  To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
 * 1)  To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.
 * 1)  To say amen to; to ratify solemnly.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَمَّنَ
 * Macedonian: аминува
 * Portuguese: dizer amém, dar amém

Etymology
, from, from , from.

The gesture evolved from the custom of kissing the of Catholic clergymen.

Adverb

 * 1) at the end of religious prayers: so be it

Interjection

 * 1) an expression of strong agreement

Verb

 * 1) to touch one's forehead to the back of an older person's hand as a gesture of respect
 * 2) to hold out one's hand to someone, often a younger person, in order for them to touch it to their foreheads

Etymology
.

Interjection

 * 1) amen

Etymology
, from, from , from.

Interjection

 * 1) amen; at the end of Judeo-Christian prayers: so be it
 * 2) amen; an expression of strong agreement

Noun

 * 1) An instance of saying ‘amen’.

Etymology
, from, from.

Interjection

 * 1) amen

Etymology
, from, from.

Etymology
, from, from.

Adverb

 * 1) at the end of prayers: so be it
 * 2) at the end of a creeds or in Biblical translations: truly, verily
 * 1) at the end of a creeds or in Biblical translations: truly, verily

Etymology
, from (cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Adverb

 * 1) ; so be it
 * 2)  that's it; end of the story

Usage notes

 * Sense 2, similar to pace and va beh, is colloquial, and typically seen in the phrase pace e amen, as in the example.

Etymology
, from ; cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) amen; so be it, let it be
 * 2) amen; truly, verily

Interjection

 * 1) amen!

Etymology
.

Interjection

 * 1) amen, so be it

Etymology
, from.

Interjection

 * 1) amen

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) an

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) an

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Etymology
, from, from , from.

Interjection

 * 1)  amen!

Etymology
, from, from. .

Etymology
, from, from.

Pronoun

 * 1) we, us

Interjection

 * 1)  (at the end of religious prayers)

Etymology
, from, from , from.

Interjection

 * 1)  at the end of religious prayers: so be it

Noun

 * 1) hand-kissing of one's elders
 * 2) saying of yes to everything that another says
 * 1) saying of yes to everything that another says