Catholic

See also: catholic

English[edit]

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

Catholic (comparative more Catholic, superlative most Catholic)

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.
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.
Alternative letter-case form of catholic

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

Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ‎ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ‎ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ‎ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ‎ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ‎ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
Asturian: católicu (ast)
Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac)
Catalan: catòlic (ca)
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 (gl)
German: katholisch (de)
Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)
Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik)
Hungarian: katolikus (hu)
Hunsrik: katolisch
Icelandic: kaþólskur
Ido: katolika (io)
Indonesian: Katolik
Irish: Caitliceach

Italian: cattolico (it)
Japanese: カトリック (katorikku), カソリック (kasorikku), 公教の (kōkyō no)
Latvian: katolisks
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)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏толичкӣ m, католичка f

Roman: kȁtoličkī (sh) m, katolička (sh) f
Slovak: katolícky (sk)
Sogdian: ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ‎ (kaθulikā)
Spanish: católico (es)
Ukrainian: католи́цький (katolýcʹkyj)
Urdu: کیتھولک‎ (kaitholik), کاتھولک‎ (kātholik)
Welsh: Catholig

of the Roman Catholic church

Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ‎ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ‎ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ‎ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ‎ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ‎ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
Bulgarian: католически (bg) (katoličeski)
Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac)
Catalan: catòlic (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天主 (zh) (tiānzhǔ), (+ -的 -de) 天主教 (zh) (tiānzhǔjiào)
Czech: katolický (cs) m
Dutch: rooms-katholiek (nl)
Emilian: catòlgo
Esperanto: katolika
Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
French: catholique (fr)
German: katholisch (de)
Greek: ρωμαιοκαθολικός (el) m (romaiokatholikós), ρωμαιοκαθολική (el) f (romaiokatholikí)

Catholic (plural Catholics)

member of a Catholic church

Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ‎ ? (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيق‎ ? (jāṯalīq), جَاثَلِيقِيّ‎ ? (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ‎ ? (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ‎ ? (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ‎ ? (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
Armenian: կաթոլիկ (hy) (katʿolik)
Bulgarian: католик (bg) m (katolik)
Catalan: catòlic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天主教徒 (zh) (Tiānzhǔjiàotú)
Czech: katolík (cs) m, katolička (cs) f
Danish: katolik (da) c
Dutch: katholiek (nl) m
Emilian: catòlgo m
Esperanto: katoliko
Faroese: katolikkur m
Finnish: katolilainen (fi)
French: catholique (fr) m or f
Galician: católico (gl) m
German: Katholik (de) m, Katholikin (de) f
Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)
Hindi: कैथोलिक m (kaitholik)
Hungarian: katolikus (hu)
Icelandic: kaþólikki m
Ido: katoliko (io)
Indonesian: Katolik