custode

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English

Etymology

From French custode m or Italian custode.

Noun

custode (plural custodes)

  1. (obsolete) A custodian.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “custode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kys.tɔd/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin custōdia. Automotive sense ellipsis of vitre de custode f (literally “guard window”).

Noun

custode f (plural custodes)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) pyx (small container used to hold the host)
    Synonym: pyxide
  2. (Christianity) altar carpet
  3. (Christianity, dated) Synonym of pavillon
  4. (automotive) quarter glass (small triangular-shaped side window)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin custōs (“guard”).

Noun

custode m (plural custodes)

  1. (religion) custodian (head of certain religious orders)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin custōdem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈstɔ.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɔde
  • Hyphenation: cu‧stò‧de

Noun

custode m or f by sense (plural custodi)

  1. one who guards or keeps watch:
    1. keeper, custodian
    2. warden
    3. concierge
    4. guard, jailer

Related terms

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

custōde

  1. ablative singular of custōs

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French custode, from Latin custos.

Noun

custode m (plural custozi)

  1. custodian

Declension

Declension of custode
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) custode custodeul (niște) custozi custozii
genitive/dative (unui) custode custodeului (unor) custozi custozilor
vocative custodeule custozilor
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