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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose”). Compare the inherited doublet heretge.
Pronunciation
Adjective
herètic (feminine herètica, masculine plural herètics, feminine plural herètiques)
- heretical
Derived terms
Further reading
- “herètic”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “herètic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “herètic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “herètic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.