bíblia

See also: biblia, biblía, Biblia, Bíblia, Bibliä, and Biblią

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈbi.βli.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈbi.bli.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbi.bli.a]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈbi.βli.a]

Noun

bíblia f (plural bíblies)

1. bible (an exemplar of the Bible)

Related terms

• Bíblia

Further reading

• “bíblia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bíblia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “bíblia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bíblia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Faroese

Noun

bíblia f (genitive singular bíbliu, plural bíbliur)

1. bible
2. Bíblian - the Bible

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bíblia	bíblian	bíbliur	bíbliurnar
accusative	bíbliu	bíbliuna	bíbliur	bíbliurnar
dative	bíbliu	bíbliuni	bíblium	bíbliunum
genitive	bíbliu	bíbliunnar	bíblia	bíblianna

Synonyms

• bíbil

Portuguese

bíblia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “book”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bli.ɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈbi.bljɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bli.ɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈbi.bljɐ/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bli.a/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈbi.blja/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bli.ɐ/ [ˈbi.βli.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbi.bljɐ/ [ˈbi.βljɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bli.ɐ/ [ˈbi.βli.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbi.bljɐ/ [ˈbi.βljɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.bli.ɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈbi.bljɐ/

Noun

bíblia f (plural bíblias)

1. bible
2. (figurative) a very extensive, often complex, book or text

   Você acha que eu vou ler essa bíblia? ― Do you think I am going to read that bible?

3. (figurative) a praised or well regarded book or text

   Não devemos idolatrar a constituição como uma bíblia, afinal ela é sujeita a erros. ― We should not worship the constitution as a bible, since it is susceptible to errors.

Further reading

• “bíblia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bíblia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026