baptysterium

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₂bʰyéti

Proto-Hellenic *gʷápt͏̌ō

Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Ancient Greek βᾰπτῐ́ζω (băptĭ́zō)

Ancient Greek -τήριον (-tḗrion)

Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion)der.

Latin baptistēriumlbor.

Polish baptysterium

Learned borrowing from Latin baptistērium, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bap.tɘsˈtɛ.rjum/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrjum
• Syllabification: bap‧tys‧te‧rium

Noun

baptysterium n

1. (Christianity, architecture) baptistry
2. (Christianity) baptismal font

   Synonym: chrzcielnica

Declension

Declension of baptysterium

	singular	plural
nominative	baptysterium	baptysteria
genitive	baptysterium	baptysteriów
dative	baptysterium	baptysteriom
accusative	baptysterium	baptysteria
instrumental	baptysterium	baptysteriami
locative	baptysterium	baptysteriach
vocative	baptysterium	baptysteria

Related terms

adjective

• baptystyczny

nouns

• baptysta
• baptystka
• baptyzm

Further reading

• “baptysterium”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “baptysterium”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)