cathedral

English

Wikipedia

A large cathedral, with many architectural features traditional to such a structure.

Etymology

From cathedral church, from Late Latin ecclēsia cathedrālis (“church having a bishop's seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathedra, “chair of a teacher, throne”), from κατά (kata, “down”) + ἕδρα (hedra, “seat”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kəˈθiːdrəl/

Noun

cathedral (plural cathedrals)

1. A big church building, central place for some area.
2. The principal church of a bishop's diocese which contains an episcopal throne.

Derived terms

• cathedral ceiling

Translations

big church building

• Finnish: kirkko (fi), katedraali (fi)

principal church of a bishop's diocese

• Armenian: մայր տաճար (hy) (mayr tačar)
• Bulgarian: катедрала (bg) (katedrala) f
• Catalan: catedral (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大教堂 (cmn) (dàjiàotáng)

• Czech: katedrála (cs) f
• Dutch: kathedraal (nl) f
• Esperanto: katedralo (eo)
• Finnish: tuomiokirkko (fi), katedraali (fi)
• French: cathédrale (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kathedrale (de) f, Dom (de) m
• Greek: μητρόπολη (el) (mitrópoli) f, καθεδρικός ναός (el) (kathedrikós naós) m, επισκοπή (el) (episkopí) f
• Hungarian: székesegyház (hu), katedrális (hu), dóm (hu)
• Icelandic: dómkirkja (is) f
• Ido: katedralo (io)
• Irish: (historical) An Teampall Mór (ga) m, (since the end of the 18th century) ardeaglais (ga) f
• Italian: cattedrale (it) f, duomo (it) m

• Japanese: 大聖堂 (ja) (だいせいどう, daiseidō)
• Jèrriais: cathédrale f
• Korean: 대성당 (ko) (daeseongdang) (大聖堂 (ko))
• Macedonian: катедрала (mk) (katedrála) f, соборна црква (mk) (sóborna crkva) f, соборен храм (mk) (sóboren hram) m
• Malay: katedral (ms), gereja besar (ms)
• Manx: ard-çhiamble (gv) m
• Polish: katedra (pl) f
• Portuguese: catedral (pt) m
• Romanian: catedrală (ro) f
• Russian: собор (ru) (sobór) m
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-eaglais (gd) f, cathair-eaglais (gd) f, prìomh-eaglais (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: катедрала (sh) f, caбop (sh) m

  Roman: katedrala (sh) f, sabor (sh) m

• Slovene: katedrala (sl) f
• Spanish: catedral (es) f
• Swedish: domkyrka (sv) c, katedral (sv) c
• Turkish: katedral (tr), başkilise (tr)
• Volapük: leglüg (vo)
• Welsh: eglwys gadeiriol (cy) f