prezbiter

Polish

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Ancient Greek πρέσβῠς (présbŭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Ancient Greek -τερος (-teros)

Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros)bor.

Late Latin presbyterlbor.

Polish prezbiter

Learned borrowing from Late Latin presbyter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛzˈbi.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -itɛr
• Syllabification: prez‧bi‧ter

Noun

prezbiter m pers

1. (Christianity) presbyter, priest

Declension

Declension of prezbiter

	singular	plural
nominative	prezbiter	prezbiterzy/prezbitery (deprecative)
genitive	prezbitera	prezbiterów
dative	prezbiterowi	prezbiterom
accusative	prezbitera	prezbiterów
instrumental	prezbiterem	prezbiterami
locative	prezbiterze	prezbiterach
vocative	prezbiterze	prezbiterzy

Related terms

adjectives

• prezbiterialny
• prezbiteriański

nouns

• archiprezbiter
• prezbiterianin
• prezbiterianizm
• prezbiterianka
• prezbiterium
• prezbiterstwo

Further reading

• “prezbiter”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French presbytère. Doublet of preot.

Noun

prezbiter m (plural prezbiteri, feminine equivalent prezbiteră)

1. presbyter, priest

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	prezbiter	prezbiterul	prezbiteri	prezbiterii
genitive-dative	prezbiter	prezbiterului	prezbiteri	prezbiterilor
vocative	prezbiterule		prezbiterilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prězbiter/
• Hyphenation: prez‧bi‧ter

Noun

prèzbiter m anim (Cyrillic spelling прѐзбитер)

1. presbyter, priest

Declension

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Further reading

• “prezbiter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026