pietà

Meaning

1. (feminine, invariable) pity, compassion, godliness
2. (feminine, invariable) piety
3. (feminine, invariable) pietà

Concepts

pity

mercy

compassion

piety

commiseration

ruth

sympathy

misericorde

Pieta

empathy

pietà

mercy

devotion

pathos

pieta

piousness

remorse

rue

Synonyms

compassione

commiserazione

misericordia

compatimento

pena

empatia

gràzia

Translations

piedad

pitié

piedade

compasión

compassion

compaixão

Mitleid

compassió

pietat

Erbarmen

piété

misericordia

erbarmen

Hyphenated as

pie‧tà

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pjeˈta/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Italian pietade, pietate, from Latin pietātem (“piety”, “pity”). By surface analysis, pio (“pious”) + -età (“-ity”).