convento

Italian

Etymology

From Latin conventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈvɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: con‧vèn‧to

Noun

convento m (plural conventi)

1. convent (for nuns)
2. monastery (for monks)

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) conventō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of conventus

References

• “convento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• convento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

convento

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese convento, from Latin conventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõ.ˈvẽ.tu/
• Hyphenation: con‧ven‧to
• Rhymes: -ẽtu

Noun

convento m (plural conventos)

1. convent (for nuns)
2. monastery (for monks)

Synonyms

• mosteiro

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conventus. Cf. the Old Spanish form conviento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈbento/ [kõmˈbẽn̪.t̪o]

Noun

convento m (plural conventos)

1. convent, monastery

   Synonym: monasterio

Derived terms

• conventillo

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kombento
• → Tagalog: kumbento

Further reading

• “convento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014