sinagoga

See also: sinagogă

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinaˈɡoɡa/ [si.naˈɡo.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: si‧na‧go‧ga

Noun

sinagoga f (plural sinagogues)

1. synagogue (place)

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [si.nəˈɣo.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [si.naˈɣo.ɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

sinagoga f (plural sinagogues)

1. synagogue

Further reading

• “sinagoga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sinagoga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “sinagoga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sinagoga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sinagoga.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧na‧go‧ga
• IPA^(key): /sinaˈɡoɡa/ [si.n̪aˈɡo.ɡa]

Noun

sinagóga

1. synagogue

   Synonym: simbahan

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly”).

Noun

sinagoga f (plural sinagogas)

1. synagogue

Further reading

• “sinagoga”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.naˈɡɔ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Hyphenation: si‧na‧gò‧ga

Noun

sinagoga f (plural sinagoghe)

1. synagogue

Further reading

• sinagoga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• saggiano

Ladino

Etymology

From Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ) "assembly, gathering", from συνάγω (sunágō) "I bring together". Doublet of esnoga.

Noun

sinagoga f (plural sinagogas)

1. (Judaism) synagogue

Synonyms

• esnoga (אסנוגה)

Latvian

Noun

sinagoga f (4th declension)

1. synagogue

Declension

Declension of sinagoga (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	sinagoga	sinagogas
genitive	sinagogas	sinagogu
dative	sinagogai	sinagogām
accusative	sinagogu	sinagogas
instrumental	sinagogu	sinagogām
locative	sinagogā	sinagogās
vocative	sinagoga	sinagogas

Lithuanian

Noun

sinagogà f (plural sinagogos)

1. synagogue

Declension

Declension of sinagogà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	sinagogà	sinagògos
genitive (kilmininkas)	sinagògos	sinagògų
dative (naudininkas)	sinagògai	sinagògoms
accusative (galininkas)	sinagògą	sinagogàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	sinagogà	sinagògomis
locative (vietininkas)	sinagògoje	sinagògose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	sinagòga	sinagògos

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ssignagoga, synagoga

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σῠ́ν (sŭ́n)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Hellenic *ágō

Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō)

Ancient Greek συνάγω (sunágō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -ή (-ḗ)

Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ)bor.

Latin synagōgalbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese sinagoga

Learned borrowing from Latin synagōga, borrowed from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ), from συνάγω (sunágō) + -ή (-ḗ).

Noun

sinagoga f (plural sinagogas)

1. synagogue
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice rico, cantiga 27 (facsimile), page 41v:

     C.õ oſ aptos cprꝛon a ſinagoga dꝯ judeꝯ pera fazer eigreia d. ſ. m.

     [C[om]o os ap[os]t[olo]s c[om]pr[a]ron a sinagoga dos judeos pera fazer eigreja d[e] S[anta] M[aria].]

     How the Apostles bought the synagogue to make the Church of Saint Mary.

Descendants

• Fala: sinagoga
• Galician: sinagoga
• Portuguese: sinagoga

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sinagoga”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “sinagoga”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sinagoga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.?

Proto-Hellenic *ksún

Ancient Greek σῠ́ν (sŭ́n)

Ancient Greek συν- (sun-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Hellenic *ágō

Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō)

Ancient Greek συνάγω (sunágō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -ή (-ḗ)

Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ)bor.

Latin synagōgalbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese sinagoga

Portuguese sinagoga

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sinagoga, from Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly, gathering”), from συνάγω (sunágō, “to bring together”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.naˈɡɔ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.naˈɡɔ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.naˈɡɔ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.nɐˈɡɔ.ɡɐ/ [si.nɐˈɣɔ.ɣɐ]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡɐ
• Hyphenation: si‧na‧go‧ga

Noun

sinagoga f (plural sinagogas)

1. synagogue

Further reading

• “sinagoga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sinagoga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sinagoga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “sinagoga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinaɡǒːɡa/
• Hyphenation: si‧na‧go‧ga

Noun

sinagóga f (Cyrillic spelling синаго́га)

1. synagogue

Declension

Declension of sinagoga

	singular	plural
nominative	sinagoga	sinagoge
genitive	sinagoge	sinagoga
dative	sinagozi	sinagogama
accusative	sinagogu	sinagoge
vocative	sinagogo	sinagoge
locative	sinagozi	sinagogama
instrumental	sinagogom	sinagogama

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinaɡɔ̀ːɡa/

Noun

sinagóga f

1. synagogue

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	sinagóga
gen. sing.	sinagóge
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sinagóga	sinagógi	sinagóge
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sinagóge	sinagóg	sinagóg
dative (dajȃlnik)	sinagógi	sinagógama	sinagógam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sinagógo	sinagógi	sinagóge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sinagógi	sinagógah	sinagógah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sinagógo	sinagógama	sinagógami

Further reading

• “sinagoga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinaˈɡoɡa/ [si.naˈɣ̞o.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: si‧na‧go‧ga

Noun

sinagoga f (plural sinagogas)

1. synagogue

Further reading

• “sinagoga”, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sinagoga, from Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sinaˈɡoɡa/ [sɪ.n̪ɐˈɣoː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: si‧na‧go‧ga

Noun

sinagoga (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈᜄᜓᜄ)

1. synagogue

See also

• simbahan

Further reading

• “sinagoga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Tatar

Noun

sinagoga (Cyrillic spelling синагога, Arabic spelling سىناگوگا)

1. synagogue