adoratris

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adoratriz (“female adorer”), from Latin adōrātrīx.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadoɾaˈtɾis/ [ʔɐ.d̪o.ɾɐˈt̪ɾɪs]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: a‧do‧ra‧tris

Noun

adoratrís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜇᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔) (Catholicism)

  1. nun of a religious order dedicated to perpetually worship the Blessed Sacrament
    Hypernym: madre

Further reading

  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 12
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