batista

See also: Batista and batistă

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French batiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈtis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈtis.ta]

Noun

batista f (plural batistes)

1. batiste, cambric

Further reading

• “batista”, 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

Gothic

Romanization

batista

1. romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: ba‧tì‧sta

Noun

batista f (plural batiste)

1. batiste (fabric)

Anagrams

• bastati, bastita

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• baptista (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

From Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃiʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈt͡ʃis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /baˈtiʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtɐ
• Homophone: Batista
• Hyphenation: ba‧tis‧ta

Adjective

batista m or f (plural batistas)

1. Baptist

Noun

batista m or f by sense (plural batistas)

1. Baptist
2. baptist (one who baptizes)

Related terms

• batizar
• batismo
• batistério

Further reading

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtis.ta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: ba‧tis‧ta

Noun

batista f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of batistă (“handkerchief”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtista/ [baˈt̪is.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ba‧tis‧ta

Noun

batista f (plural batistas)

1. batiste

Further reading

• “batista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025