anacoreta
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Catalan
Noun
anacoreta m (plural anacoretes)
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin anachoreta, from Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs).
Pronunciation
Noun
anacoreta m (plural anacoreti)
Related terms
Further reading
- anacoreta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin anachōrēta, from Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧na‧co‧re‧ta
Adjective
anacoreta m or f (plural anacoretas)
Further reading
- “anacoreta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin anachoreta, from Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs).
Pronunciation
Noun
anacoreta m or f by sense (plural anacoretas)
- anchorite (one who lives in seclusion)
Further reading
- “anacoreta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16