justicia

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See also: Justicia, and justícia

Latin

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Noun

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jūsticia f (genitive jūsticiae); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of iustitia

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin iūstitia (justice).

Noun

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justicia f (nominative singular justicia)

  1. justice

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin iūstitia (justice).[1][2] Compare also justeza.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /xusˈtiθja/ [xusˈt̪i.θja]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /xusˈtisja/ [xusˈt̪i.sja]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iθja
  • Rhymes: -isja
  • Syllabification: jus‧ti‧cia

Noun

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justicia f (plural justicias)

  1. justice
  2. righteousness
  3. the law

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Tagalog: hustisya

References

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  1. ^ Real Academia Española
  2. ^ “Notes on the Development of -kj-,-tj- in Spanish and Portuguese”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2012 February 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 February 2012

Further reading

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