eremita

See also: Eremita and eremitą

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.ɾəˈmi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [e.ɾeˈmi.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremites)

1. hermit

   Synonym: ermità

Derived terms

• ermita

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾeˈmita/ [e.ɾeˈmi.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: e‧re‧mi‧ta

Noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)

1. hermit

   Synonyms: anacoreta, ermitán

Further reading

• “eremita”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “eremita”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Italian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.reˈmi.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: e‧re‧mì‧ta

Noun

eremita m or f by sense (masculine plural eremiti, feminine plural eremite)

1. hermit

Derived terms

• eremitaggio

Related terms

• eremitico

Descendants

• → Hungarian: remete

Further reading

• “eremita”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• ametrie, emerita, eritema, materie, mieterà, remiate, temerai

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs)

Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs)bor.

Latin eremita

From Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἐρημία (erēmía), from ἔρημος (érēmos), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest; quiet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛ.reːˈmiː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.reˈmiː.ta]

Noun

erēmīta m (genitive erēmītae); first declension

1. hermit, eremite
2. anchorite
3. recluse

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	erēmīta	erēmītae
genitive	erēmītae	erēmītārum
dative	erēmītae	erēmītīs
accusative	erēmītam	erēmītās
ablative	erēmītā	erēmītīs
vocative	erēmīta	erēmītae

Derived terms

• erēmīticus (Late Latin)

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: ermità, ermita
• Middle Dutch: heremite, heremijt, eremijt
  • Dutch: heremiet
• → English: eremite
• → Old French: eremite (learned)
  • Middle French: ermite
    • French: ermite
  • → Middle English: heremite
    • English: hermit
• Old Galician-Portuguese: hermida
  • Galician: ermida
  • Portuguese: ermida
• → German: Eremit
• Italian: eremita
  • → Hungarian: remete
• Spanish: ermita
  • → Basque: ermita
  • → Tagalog: ermita
• Sicilian: rimitu

References

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin erēmīta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.rɛˈmi.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: e‧re‧mi‧ta

Noun

eremita m pers (related adjective eremicki)

1. (religion) anchorite, eremite, hermit (religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons)

   Synonyms: anachoreta, pustelnik

Declension

Declension of eremita

	singular	plural
nominative	eremita	eremici/eremity (deprecative)
genitive	eremity	eremitów
dative	eremicie	eremitom
accusative	eremitę	eremitów
instrumental	eremitą	eremitami
locative	eremicie	eremitach
vocative	eremito	eremici

Derived terms

nouns

• eremityzm

Related terms

nouns

• erem
• eremitorium
• ermitaż

Further reading

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

Portuguese

eremita

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ɾeˈmi.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ɾɨˈmi.tɐ/, /e.ɾɨˈmi.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: e‧re‧mi‧ta

Noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)

1. hermit, eremite

   Synonym: ermitão

Related terms

• ermida

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.

Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs)

Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs)bor.

Late Latin erēmītalbor.

Spanish eremita

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾeˈmita/ [e.ɾeˈmi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: e‧re‧mi‧ta

Noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)

1. hermit

   Synonym: ermitaño

Derived terms

• ermita

Further reading

• “eremita”, 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