credentia

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈden.tsja/

Noun

credentia (plural credentias)

1. belief

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Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of crēdens.

Participle

(deprecated template usage) crēdentia

1. nominative neuter plural of crēdēns
2. accusative neuter plural of crēdēns
3. vocative neuter plural of crēdēns

Etymology 2

Late and Medieval Latin, from crēdens.

Noun

crēdentia f (genitive crēdentiae); first declension

1. credence
2. promise
3. recognition of debt
4. small table in sanctuary for vessels

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crēdentia	crēdentiae
Genitive	crēdentiae	crēdentiārum
Dative	crēdentiae	crēdentiīs
Accusative	crēdentiam	crēdentiās
Ablative	crēdentiā	crēdentiīs
Vocative	crēdentia	crēdentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: creença
• English: credence
• French: croyance, créance
• Friulian: crodince, credince

• Italian: credenza
• Norman: crianche (Jersey)
• Occitan: cresença
• Portuguese: crença, credença, credência

• Romanian: credință
• Romansch: cardientscha
• Sardinian: credèntza
• Spanish: creencia

References

• credentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)