feligrés

See also: feligrès

Catalan

Noun

feligrés m (plural feligresos, feminine feligresa, feminine plural feligreses)

  1. (Valencia) alternative spelling of feligrès

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish filiigleses, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *fili eclesiae, from the vocative of Latin filius + the genitive of ecclesia.[1] Compare Galician fregués and Portuguese freguês.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feliˈɡɾes/ [fe.liˈɣ̞ɾes]
  • Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: fe‧li‧grés

Noun

feligrés m (plural feligreses, feminine feligresa, feminine plural feligresas) (colloquial)

  1. parishioner, churchgoer
    Synonym: parroquiano
  2. regular (someone who often frequents an establishment, especially a bar)
    Synonyms: casero, vecero

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “feligrés”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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