rosario

See also: rosário and Rosario

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rosario (“rosary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾoˈsaɾjo/ [ɾoˈsa.ɾjo]
• Hyphenation: ro‧sa‧rio

Noun

rosario

1. rosary (prayer beads)
2. rosary (Catholic devotion)
3. act of praying the rosary

   Synonym: panagrosaryo

Derived terms

• agrosario
• panagrosario

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rosario, from Portuguese rosário (“rosary”), from Latin rosarium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [roˈsa.rio̯]
• Hyphenation: ro‧sa‧rio

Noun

rosario (plural rosario-rosario)

1. (Catholicism) rosary

   Synonym: tasbih

Alternative forms

• rosari (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “rosario”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈza.rjo/
  • Homophone: Rosario
• IPA^(key): (regional) /roˈsa.rjo/

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• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: ro‧sà‧rio

Noun

rosario m (plural rosari or (Latinism and rare) rosarii)

1. rosary

Further reading

• rosario in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• rosario in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Latin

Noun

rosāriō

1. dative/ablative singular of rosārium

Pangasinan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rosario (“rosary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾoˈsaɾjo/, [ɾʊˈsa.ɾjo]
• Hyphenation: ro‧sa‧rio

Noun

rosario

1. rosary (prayer beads)
2. rosary (Catholic devotion)

Verb

rosario

1. to pray the rosary

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈsaɾjo/ [roˈsa.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: ro‧sa‧rio

Noun

rosario m (plural rosarios)

1. rosary

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: rosaryo
• → Cebuano: rosaryo
• > Chavacano: rosario (inherited)
• → Hiligaynon: rosaryo
• → Ilocano: rosario
• → Kapampangan: rusariu
• → Pangasinan: rosario
• → Pochutec: luxalyuʹ
• → Tagalog: rosaryo

Further reading

• “rosario”, 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

Tagalog

Noun

rosario (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜐᜇᜒᜂ)

1. obsolete spelling of rosaryo