igreja

Portuguese

igreja

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ygreja, from Latin ecclēsia (“church”), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “congregation”). Cognate with Galician igrexa, Catalan església, French église, Italian chiesa Occitan glèisa and Spanish iglesia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾɐ(j).ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾɐ(j).ʒɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾɐ(j).ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾɐ(j).ʒɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾe.ʒɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾe.ʒɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/ [iˈɣɾe.ʒɐ]

• Hyphenation: i‧gre‧ja

Noun

igreja f (plural igrejas)

1. church (a house of worship)
2. (Christianity) a Christian denomination

Related terms

• eclesiástico

Descendants

• Angolar: ngeedha
• Annobonese: guesa
• → Bengali: গির্জা (girja)
• → Bodo (India): गिरजा (girja)
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: igreja, grisia
• → Gujarati: ગિરજા (girjā)
• → Hindi: गिरजा (girjā)
• Indo-Portuguese: greja
• → Javanese: greja
• → Kaingang: igreja
• Kabuverdianu: igreja, grexa
• → Konkani: इगर्जे (igarje)
• Macanese: greza
• Kristang: greza
• → Malay: gereja
  • Indonesian: gereja
• Principense: gêêza
• Sãotomense: glêza
• → Swahili: gereza (“prison”)
  • → Rwanda-Rundi: gereza
• → Tetum: igreja
• → Urdu: گرجا (girjā)