catechismus
Dutch
Alternative forms
- catechisme (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin catēchismus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaː.təˈxɪs.mʏs/, /ˌkaː.teːˈxɪs.mʏs/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ca‧te‧chis‧mus
- Rhymes: -ɪsmʏs
Noun
catechismus m (plural catechismussen)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός (*katēkhismós), from κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to catechize”), a later extended form of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to catechize, instruct, teach by word of mouth”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “to sound, to resound”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.teːˈkʰɪs.mʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.t̪eˈkiz.mus]
Noun
catēchismus m (genitive catēchismī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | catēchismus | catēchismī |
| genitive | catēchismī | catēchismōrum |
| dative | catēchismō | catēchismīs |
| accusative | catēchismum | catēchismōs |
| ablative | catēchismō | catēchismīs |
| vocative | catēchisme | catēchismī |
Descendants
- Catalan: catecisme
- → Czech: katechismus, katechizmus
- → Dutch: catechismus
- → English: catechism
- → Esperanto: katekismo
- → Finnish: katekismus
- French: catéchisme
- Galician: catecismo
- → German: Katechismus
- → Hungarian: katekizmus
- Italian: catechismo
- Norman: caticème
- → Marshallese: katkijm̧uuj
- → Polish: katechizm
- Portuguese: catecismo, catequismo, katecismo (obsolete)
- Romanian: catehism
- Spanish: catecismo
- → Swedish: katekes
References
- “catechismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "catechismus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- catechismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.