Catholic

See also: catholic

English

Etymology

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkaθ(ə)lɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æθəlɪk, -æθlɪk
• Hyphenation: Cath‧o‧lic

Adjective

Catholic (comparative more Catholic, superlative most Catholic)

1. Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.

   Christmas is celebrated at different dates in the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.

2. Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.

   The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic one.

   Catholic churches are built differently than Protestant ones.

3. Alternative letter-case form of catholic

Derived terms

• neo-Catholic

Translations

of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church

• Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ‎ (kāṯūlīkiyy)
• Asturian: católicu
• Catalan: catòlic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天主 (zh) (tiānzhǔ), (+ -的 -de) 天主教 (zh) (tiānzhǔjiào)

• Czech: katolický (cs)
• Danish: katolsk (da)
• Dutch: katholiek (nl)
• Emilian: catòlgo
• Esperanto: katolika
• Faroese: katólskur
• Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
• French: catholique (fr)
• Galician: católico
• German: katholisch (de)
• Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)

• Irish: Caitliceach
• Italian: cattolico (it)
• Japanese: カトリック (katorikku), カソリック (kasorikku), (+ -の -no) 公教 (kōkyō)
• Lithuanian: katalikiškas m, katalikiška f
• Low German:

  German Low German: kathoolsch

• Macedonian: католички (katolički)
• Malay: Katolik
• Persian: کاتولیک‎ (fa) (kâtolik)
• Polish: katolicki (pl)
• Portuguese: católico (pt)
• Romanian: catolic (ro)
• Russian: католи́ческий (ru) (katolíčeskij)
• Slovak: katolícky (sk)
• Spanish: católico (es)
• Ukrainian: католицький (katolýc'kyj)

of the Roman Catholic church

• Catalan: catòlic (ca)
• Czech: katolický (cs) m
• Dutch: rooms-katholiek (nl)
• Emilian: catòlgo
• Esperanto: katoliko
• Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
• French: catholique (fr)
• German: katholisch (de)
• Greek: ρωμαιοκαθολικός (el) m (romaiokatholikós), ρωμαιοκαθολική (el) f (romaiokatholikí)
• Hebrew: קתולי‎ (he) (katóli)

• Irish: Caitliceach
• Latin: catholicus (la)
• Low German:

  German Low German: kathoolsch

• Macedonian: римокатолички m (rimokatolički)
• Maori: Pikopō
• Polish: rzymskokatolicki (pl) m
• Portuguese: católico (pt)
• Spanish: católico romano
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

Catholic (plural Catholics)

1. A member of a Catholic church.

   The wife of the Prime Minister is a Catholic.

Hypernyms

• Christian, Trinitarian

Coordinate terms

• Protestant, Mormon, Quaker

Translations

member of a Catholic church

• Armenian: կաթոլիկ (hy) (katʿolik)
• Catalan: catòlic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天主教徒 (zh) (Tiānzhǔjiàotú)

• Czech: katolík m, katolička (cs) f
• Danish: katolik (da) c
• Dutch: katholiek (nl) m
• Emilian: catòlgo
• Esperanto: katoliko
• Faroese: katolikkur m
• Finnish: katolilainen (fi)
• French: catholique (fr) m, f
• Galician: católico m
• German: Katholik (de) m, Katholikin (de) f
• Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)
• Hungarian: katolikus (hu)

• Irish: Caitliceach m
• Italian: cattolico (it) m
• Latvian: katolis m, katoliete f
• Lithuanian: katalikas (lt) m, katalikė (lt) f
• Macedonian: католик m (katolik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: katolikk (no) m

  Nynorsk: katolikk m

• Polish: katolik (pl) m
• Portuguese: católico (pt) m
• Russian: като́лик (ru) m (katólik), католи́чка (ru) f (katolíčka)
• Samogitian: katalėks m, katalėkė f
• Spanish: católico (es) m, católica (es) f
• Swahili: Mkatoliki
• Thai: คาทอลิก (khatholik)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can