catechismus

• catechisme (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin catēchismus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.təˈxɪs.mʏs/, /ˌkaː.teːˈxɪs.mʏs/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧te‧chis‧mus
• Rhymes: -ɪsmʏs

catechismus m (plural catechismussen)

1. catechism

Borrowed from Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός (*katēkhismós), from κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to catechize”), a later extended form of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to catechize, instruct, teach by word of mouth”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “to sound, to resound”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.teːˈkʰis.mus/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈkis.mus/,

catēchismus m (genitive catēchismī); second declension

1. catechism

Second-declension noun.

• “catechismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• catechismus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• catechismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.