convento

See also: Convento

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈvɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: con‧vèn‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin conventus.

Noun

convento m (plural conventi)

1. convent (for nuns), monastery (for monks)
2. (literary) assembly, gathering, meeting, sometimes a crowd
3. (archaic) junction, interstice

Etymology 2

From Latin conventum.

Noun

convento m (plural conventi) (archaic)

1. covenant, pact
2. convention, accord, promise

Latin

Participle

conventō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of conventus

References

• “convento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “convento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

convento

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese convento, from Latin conventus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈvẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈvẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈvẽ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈvẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈvẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈbẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: con‧ven‧to

Noun

convento m (plural conventos)

1. convent (for nuns)
2. monastery (for monks)

   Synonym: mosteiro

Descendants

• Kristang: konventu

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conventus. Cf. the Old Spanish form conviento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komˈbento/ [kõmˈbẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: con‧ven‧to

Noun

convento m (plural conventos)

1. convent, monastery

   Synonym: monasterio

Derived terms

• conventillo

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kombento
• → Tagalog: kumbento

Further reading

• “convento”, 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