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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaθ(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

• Anglo-Catholic
• neo-Catholic
• Independent Catholic

Translations

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

• Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ‎ (kāṯūlīkiyy)
• Asturian: católicu
• 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)
• 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), (+ -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)
• Serbo-Croatian: katolički (sh) m, katolička (sh) f
• Slovak: katolícky (sk)
• Sogdian: ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ‎ (kaθulikā)
• Spanish: católico (es)
• Ukrainian: католицький (katolýc'kyj)
• Urdu: کیتھولک‎‎ (kaitholik), کاتھولک‎ (kātholik)

of the Roman Catholic church

• 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: 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)
• Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik)

• Indonesian: Katolik Roma
• Irish: Caitliceach
• Latin: catholicus (la)
• Low German:

  German Low German: kathoolsch

• Macedonian: римокатолички m (rimokatolički)
• Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
• Polish: rzymskokatolicki (pl) m
• Portuguese: católico (pt)
• Spanish: católico romano
• Urdu: کیتھولک‎‎ (kaitholik), کاتھولک‎‎ (kātholik)
• Vietnamese: Công giáo (vi)

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

• Orthodox
• Anglican
• 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 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)
• Ido: katoliko (io)
• Indonesian: Katolik

• Irish: Caitliceach m
• Italian: cattolico (it) m
• Latvian: katolis m, katoliete f
• Lithuanian: katalikas (lt) m, katalikė (lt) f
• Macedonian: католик m (katolik)
• Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
• 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 (kaa-tɔɔ-lìk)
• Urdu: کیتھولک‎‎ m (kaitholik), کاتھولک‎‎‎ m (kātholik)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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