sacerdote

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdos, sacerdotem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saθeɾˈdote/ [sa.θeɾˈð̞o.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: sa‧cer‧do‧te

Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdotes)

1. priest (clergyman)

   Synonyms: cura, mecu (Colunga)

Further reading

• “sacerdote”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sacerdote.

Noun

sacerdote

1. (Catholicism) priest

   Synonym: teopixqui

   • 1565, Alonso de Molina, Confessionario breue, en lengua Mexicana y Castellana:

     Tenonotzaloni, inic yehuatl ſacerdote quinonotza ymmoyolcuitiznequi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdotem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.t͡ʃerˈdɔ.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔte
• Hyphenation: sa‧cer‧dò‧te

Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdoti, feminine sacerdotessa)

1. priest, clergyman

   Synonym: prete

Related terms

• sacerdotale
• sacerdozio

Anagrams

• decoraste

Latin

Noun

sacerdōte

1. ablative singular of sacerdōs

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• sacerdot (apocopic form)
• saçerdote (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdotem, from sacer (“sacred, holy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sat͡seɾˈdote/

Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdotes)

1. priest
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 28r:

     Vinierõ al flũ con el arca del teſtamẽt e q̃ndo cataron los pies de los ſac̃dotes enel agua partierõ ſe las aguas adieſtro ⁊ aſinieſtro e eſtidierõ cuemo mõtõ […]

     [Vinieron al flum con el Arca del Testament, e quando cataron los pies de los sacerdotes en el agua partieron-se las aguas a diestro e a siniestro, e estidieron cuemo monton […] ]

     They came to the river with the Ark of the Testimony, and when the feet of the priests touched the water the waters parted to the right and to the left, and they stood up like a heap […]

Related terms

• sacerdocio
• sacerdotal

Descendants

• Spanish: sacerdote
  • → Classical Nahuatl: sacerdote

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdōtem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/ [sa.seɦˈdɔ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/ [sa.seɦˈdɔ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sa.seɾˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /sa.seɻˈdɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁˈdɔ.te/ [sa.seɦˈdɔ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.sɨɾˈdɔ.tɨ/ [sɐ.sɨɾˈðɔ.tɨ]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdotes, feminine sacerdotisa, feminine plural sacerdotisas)

1. priest

   Synonyms: clérigo, eclesiástico, ministro, padre, presbítero, reverendo

Related terms

• sacerdócio
• sacerdotal
• sacerdotalismo
• sacerdotalista

Descendants

• → Guajajára: zaxeto

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sacerdote, borrowed from Latin sacerdotem, singular accusative of sacerdōs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saθeɾˈdote/ [sa.θeɾˈð̞o.t̪e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /saseɾˈdote/ [sa.seɾˈð̞o.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: sa‧cer‧do‧te

Noun

sacerdote m (plural sacerdotes, feminine sacerdotisa, feminine plural sacerdotisas)

1. priest

   Synonyms: cura, párroco, pastor

Derived terms

• sumo sacerdote

Related terms

• sacerdocio
• sacerdotal
• sacerdotalismo

Descendants

• → Classical Nahuatl: sacerdote

Further reading

• “sacerdote”, 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