caerimonia

Latin

Alternative forms

• caerimōnium

Etymology

Formally matches to Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman, “action, deed; karma”), as if from Proto-Indo-European *kʷermon-, itself an abstract noun formed from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”) (whence also Latin creō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /kai.riˈmoː.ni.a/

Noun

caerimōnia (genitive caerimōniae); f, first declension

1. religious ceremony, ritual
2. sacredness, sanctity
3. reverence, veneration, awe

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	caerimōnia	caerimōniae
genitive	caerimōniae	caerimōniārum
dative	caerimōniae	caerimōniīs
accusative	caerimōniam	caerimōniās
ablative	caerimōniā	caerimōniīs
vocative	caerimōnia	caerimōniae

Related terms

• caerimōniālis
• caerimōnior
• caerimōniōsus

Descendants

English: ceremony French: cérémonie Galician: cerimonia

Italian: cerimonia Portuguese: cerimônia Russian: церемо́ния (ceremónija) m Spanish: ceremonia