iglesia
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish iglesia (“church”), from Old Spanish eglesia, from Vulgar Latin eclesia, from Latin ecclēsia, fom Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “assembly”)
Pronunciation
Noun
iglesia (inanimate, plural iglesia)
- (colonial, Christianity) (it is) a church.
Proper noun
iglesia (inanimate)
- (colonial) (it is) the Roman Catholic Church.
Derived terms
Papiamentu
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish iglesia.
Noun
iglesia
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish eglesia (9th century), a semi-learned descendant of Vulgar Latin eclesia, from Latin ecclēsia, fom Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “assembly”)[1]. Cognate with Galician igrexa, Portuguese igreja, Catalan església, Occitan glèisa, French église and Italian chiesa.
Pronunciation
Noun
iglesia f (plural iglesias)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “iglesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Classical Nahuatl terms borrowed from Spanish
- Classical Nahuatl terms derived from Spanish
- Classical Nahuatl terms derived from Old Spanish
- Classical Nahuatl terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Classical Nahuatl terms derived from Latin
- Classical Nahuatl terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Classical Nahuatl terms with IPA pronunciation
- Classical Nahuatl lemmas
- Classical Nahuatl nouns
- nci:Christianity
- nci:Buildings
- nci:Places of worship
- nci:Religion
- Papiamentu terms borrowed from Spanish
- Papiamentu terms derived from Spanish
- Papiamentu lemmas
- Papiamentu nouns
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Christianity
- Spanish basic words
- es:Buildings
- es:Places of worship
- es:Religion