caerimonia

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Inflection 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Descendants

[edit] Latin

[edit] Alternative forms

• caerimōnium

[edit] 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).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /kai.riˈmoː.ni.a/

[edit] Noun

caerimōnia (genitive caerimōniae); f, first declension

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

[edit] Inflection

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

[edit] Related terms

• caerimōniālis
• caerimōnior
• caerimōniōsus

[edit] Descendants

English: ceremony French: cérémonie Galician: cerimonia

Italian: cerimonia Portuguese: cerimônia Spanish: ceremonia