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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.nu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.nu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.nu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈa.ko.no/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈd͡ʒja.ko.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /diˈa.ku.nu/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈdja.ku.nu/
Noun
diácono m (plural diáconos)
- (Church history) deacon (a designated minister of charity in the early Church)
- (Roman Catholicism) deacon (a clergyman ranked directly below a priest)
- (Protestantism) deacon (lay leader of a Protestant congregation)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdjakono/
- Rhymes: -akono
- Syllabification: diá‧co‧no
Noun
diácono m (plural diáconos, feminine diácona, feminine plural diáconas)
- deacon
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