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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese creente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin crēdēns, crēdentis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
crente m or f (plural crentes)
- faithful
Noun
crente m or f by sense (plural crentes)
- believer
Antonyms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “creente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “creente”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin crēdentem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
- Hyphenation: cren‧te
Adjective
crente m or f (plural crentes)
- faithful
Noun
crente m or f by sense (plural crentes)
- believer
- a religious person
- (Brazil, often derogatory) a very religious or religiously conservative Christian, especially a Protestant Christian
Antonyms