baptista

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Pronunciation

Adjective

baptista m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptistes)

  1. Baptist

Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistes)

  1. Baptist
  2. baptist

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Pronunciation

Noun

baptista m anim (female equivalent baptistka, relational adjective baptistický)

  1. (Christianity) Baptist (member of a Baptist church or denomination)

Declension

Further reading

  • baptista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • baptista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • baptista” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • baptista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Pronunciation

Noun

baptista m (genitive baptistae); first declension

  1. baptizer, baptist

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative baptista baptistae
genitive baptistae baptistārum
dative baptistae baptistīs
accusative baptistam baptistās
ablative baptistā baptistīs
vocative baptista baptistae

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  • baptista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • baptista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • baptista in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Adjective

baptista m or f (plural baptistas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batista. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batista. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

baptista m pers (female equivalent baptistka, relational adjective baptistický)

  1. (Christianity) Baptist (member of a Baptist church or denomination)

Declension

Further reading

  • baptista”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs). Doublet of bautista.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /babˈtista/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: bap‧tis‧ta

Adjective

baptista m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptistas)

  1. Baptist

Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistas)

  1. Baptist

Further reading