sacerdote

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdos, sacerdotem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saθeɾˈdote/, [sa.θeɾˈð̞o.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Hyphenation: sa‧cer‧do‧te

Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdotes)

1. priest (clergyman)

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sacerdote.

Noun

sacerdote

1. (Catholicism) priest

   Synonym: teopixqui

   • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     Tenonotzaloni, inic yehuatl ſacerdote quinonotza ymmoyolcuitiznequi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdotem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.t͡ʃerˈdɔ.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔte
• Hyphenation: sa‧cer‧dò‧te

Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdoti, feminine sacerdotessa)

1. priest, clergyman

   Synonym: prete

Related terms

• sacerdotale
• sacerdozio

Anagrams

• decoraste

Latin

Noun

sacerdōte

1. ablative singular of sacerdōs

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• sacerdot (apocopic form)
• saçerdote (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdotem, from sacer (“sacred, holy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sat͡seɾˈdote/

Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdotes)

1. priest
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 28r:

     Vinierõ al flũ con el arca del teſtamẽt e q̃ndo cataron los pies de los ſac̃dotes enel agua partierõ ſe las aguas adieſtro ⁊ aſinieſtro e eſtidierõ cuemo mõtõ […]

     They came to the river with the Ark of the Testimony, and when the feet of the priests touched the water the waters parted to the right and to the left, and they stood up like a heap […]

Related terms

• sacerdocio
• sacerdotal

Descendants

• Spanish: sacerdote
  • → Classical Nahuatl: sacerdote

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdōtem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/ [sa.seɦˈdɔ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/ [sa.seɦˈdɔ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sa.seɾˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.seɻˈdɔ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.sɨɾˈdɔ.tɨ/ [sɐ.sɨɾˈðɔ.tɨ]

Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdotes, feminine sacerdotisa, feminine plural sacerdotisas)

1. priest

   Synonyms: clérigo, eclesiástico, ministro, padre, presbítero, reverendo

Related terms

• sacerdócio
• sacerdotal
• sacerdotalismo
• sacerdotalista

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sacerdote, borrowed from Latin sacerdotem, singular accusative of sacerdōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /saθeɾˈdote/ [sa.θeɾˈð̞o.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saseɾˈdote/ [sa.seɾˈð̞o.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: sa‧cer‧do‧te

Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdotes, feminine sacerdotisa, feminine plural sacerdotisas)

1. priest

   Synonyms: cura, párroco, pastor

Derived terms

• sumo sacerdote

 

Related terms

• sacerdocio
• sacerdotal
• sacerdotalismo

 

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: sacerdote

Further reading

• “sacerdote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28