custode

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English

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Etymology

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From French custode m or Italian custode.

Noun

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custode (plural custodes)

  1. (obsolete) A custodian.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for custode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kys.tɔd/
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin custōdia. Automotive sense ellipsis of vitre de custode f (literally guard window).

Noun

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custode f (plural custodes)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) pyx (small container used to hold the host)
    Synonym: pyxide
  2. (Christianity) altar carpet
  3. (Christianity, dated) Synonym of pavillon
  4. (automotive) quarter glass (small triangular-shaped side window)

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Latin custōs (guard).

Noun

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custode m (plural custodes)

  1. (religion) custodian (head of certain religious orders)

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin custōdem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (to cover, hide).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuˈstɔ.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɔde
  • Hyphenation: cu‧stò‧de

Noun

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custode m or f by sense (plural custodi)

  1. one who guards or keeps watch:
    1. keeper, custodian
    2. warden
    3. concierge
    4. guard, jailer
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Further reading

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  • custode in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Noun

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custōde

  1. ablative singular of custōs

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French custode, from Latin custos.

Noun

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custode m (plural custozi)

  1. custodian

Declension

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