ídolo

See also: idolo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ydolo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈidolo/ [ˈi.ð̞o.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -idolo
• Hyphenation: í‧do‧lo

Noun

ídolo m (plural ídolos)

1. idol

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ydolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ydolo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ídolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ídolo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ídolo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “ídolo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese idolo, borrowed from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.do.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.do.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.do.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.du.lu/ [ˈi.ðu.lu]

• Hyphenation: í‧do‧lo

Noun

ídolo m (plural ídolos)

1. idol

Derived terms

• idolatrar
• idolatrado
• idolatrização

Further reading

• “ídolo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ídolo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “ídolo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”). Cognate with English idol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈidolo/ [ˈi.ð̞o.lo]

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• Rhymes: -idolo
• Syllabification: í‧do‧lo

Noun

ídolo m (plural ídolos, feminine ídola, feminine plural ídolas)

1. idol

Related terms

• idolatrar

Further reading

• “ídolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024