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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin hieraticus, from Ancient Greek ἱερατικός (hieratikós).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -atiku
- Hyphenation: hi‧e‧rá‧ti‧co
Adjective
hierático (feminine hierática, masculine plural hieráticos, feminine plural hieráticas, not comparable)
- hieratic
Further reading
- “hierático”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “hierático”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “hierático” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “hierático”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “hierático”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “hierático”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hieraticus, from Ancient Greek ἱερατικός (hieratikós), from ἱερατεία (hierateía, “priesthood”), from ἱερατεύω (hierateúō, “be a priest”), from ἱερεύς (hiereús, “priest”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝeˈɾatiko/
- IPA(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /jeˈɾatiko/
- Rhymes: -atiko
- Syllabification: hie‧rá‧ti‧co
Adjective
hierático (feminine hierática, masculine plural hieráticos, feminine plural hieráticas)
- hieratic
Further reading