English
Adverb
en-adv|pos=in vain
- idiom Without success; ending in failure.
#*1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
#*: we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain
#*19C, Friedrich Nietzsche
#*: On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain
- idiom In a disrespectful manner, especially when concerning religion.
#*RQ:Authorized Version, Exodus 20:7
#*:Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain
Translations
trans-top|without success
Arabic: ARchar|عبثا|عبث�ا (�ábaθan)
Chinese: �� (túrán)
Dutch: tevergeefs
Finnish: turhaan
French: en vain
German: vergebens
Hungarian: hiába
Italian: invano
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (����, mueki no)
Korean: ��� (heotdoe-i)
Portuguese: em vão
Russian: нап�а�но (naprásno)
Spanish: t|es|en vano, t|es|en balde
Swedish: förgäves
trans-bottom
trans-top|disrespectful manner
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Related terms
vain
Category:English prepositional phrases
it:in vain
| 