sacerdotisa

Portuguese

Etymology

From sacerdote (“priest”) +‎ -isa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/ [sa.seɦ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/ [sa.seɦ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sa.seɾ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sa.seʁ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.seɻ.doˈt͡ʃi.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.sɨɾ.duˈti.zɐ/ [sɐ.sɨɾ.ðuˈti.zɐ]

Noun

sacerdotisa f (plural sacerdotisas)

1. female equivalent of sacerdote; priestess

Spanish

Etymology

From sacerdote (“priest”) +‎ -isa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /saθeɾdoˈtisa/ [sa.θeɾ.ð̞oˈt̪i.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saseɾdoˈtisa/ [sa.seɾ.ð̞oˈt̪i.sa]
• Rhymes: -isa
• Syllabification: sa‧cer‧do‧ti‧sa

Noun

sacerdotisa f (plural sacerdotisas)

1. female equivalent of sacerdote (“priestess”)

Derived terms

• suma sacerdotisa

 

Related terms

• sacerdote

 

Further reading

• “sacerdote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28