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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pontificem.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pon‧tí‧fi‧ce
Noun
pontífice m (plural pontífices)
- pontiff (the Pope)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pontificem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ponˈtifiθe/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ponˈtifise/
- Rhymes: -ifiθe
- Rhymes: -ifise
- Syllabification: pon‧tí‧fi‧ce
Noun
pontífice m (plural pontífices)
- pontiff
- Synonym: papa
- pontifex
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