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Deo volente

/ˌdeɪəʊ vəˈlɛnteɪ/

Deo volente interjection: god willing.

Interjection

  1. God willing
    • Deo volente, I shall be with my new family on Christmas, and perhaps you will be there too.1973 December 8, A. Nolder Gay, “Coping With Christmas”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 25, page 3
    Synonyms:
    inshallah, D.V.

Deo volente meaning in Tamil and Kannada

Deo volente in Tamil

கடவுள் விரும்பினால், இறையருள் இருப்பின்

Deo volente in Kannada

ದೈವೇಚ್ಛೆ ಇದ್ದರೆ, ಯಾರಿಂದಲೂ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಲಾಗದಿದ್ದರೆ

Synonyms of Deo volente

Origin of Deo volente

From Latin Deō volente, an absolute ablative. See James 4:15: “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” - a critique of those who are over-confident in their ability to determine their own future.

Questions about Deo volente

What does Deo volente mean?
Deo volente means god willing.
What is Deo volente in Tamil?
Deo volente in Tamil is கடவுள் விரும்பினால், இறையருள் இருப்பின். See Deo volente meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Deo volente?
Deo volente is an interjection.
How do you pronounce Deo volente?
Deo volente is pronounced /ˌdeɪəʊ vəˈlɛnteɪ/.

Words near Deo volente in the dictionary

  1. Dené
  2. Dené-Caucasian
  3. Dené-Daic
  4. Dené-Yeniseian
  5. deo
  6. Deo volente
  7. Deobandi
  8. Deobandism
  9. Deobandist
  10. Deobandists
  11. deobfuscate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Deo volente (page history and authors); Deo volente (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Deo volente (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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