bispo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bispo, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbis.pʊ]

Noun

bispo m (plural bispos)

1. (religion) bishop
2. scorpionfish
3. porc stomach

Derived terms

• Bispo
• Eidobispo
• Vilar do Bispo

Related terms

• arcebispo
• bispado

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bispo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bispo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bispo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bispo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bispo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bispo, inherited from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). Doublet of epíscopo. Compare Sicilian viscu.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbis.pu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbis.pu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.pu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbis.po/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.pu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ispu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃpu
• Hyphenation: bis‧po

Noun

bispo m (plural bispos)

1. (religion, chess) bishop

Further reading

• “bispo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024