catecúmeno

Learned borrowing from Late Latin catēchūmenus, from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to sound through, instruct orally”).

• Hyphenation: ca‧te‧cú‧me‧no

catecúmeno m (plural catecúmenos, feminine catecúmena, feminine plural catecúmenas)

1. catechumen (convert the Christianity prior to baptism)

catecúmeno (feminine catecúmena, masculine plural catecúmenos, feminine plural catecúmenas)

1. being or relating to a catechumen

Learned borrowing from Late Latin catēchūmenus, from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos, “being instructed”), present participle passive of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to sound through, instruct orally”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound, noise”).

• IPA^(key): /kateˈkumeno/ [ka.t̪eˈku.me.no]
• Rhymes: -umeno
• Syllabification: ca‧te‧cú‧me‧no

catecúmeno m (plural catecúmenos, feminine catecúmena, feminine plural catecúmenas)

1. catechumen

• “catecúmeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024