idolatria

Borrowed from Latin īdōlatrīa.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.ðu.ləˈtɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [i.ðo.ləˈtɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.ðo.laˈtɾi.a]

idolatria f (plural idolatries)

1. (religion) idolatry (the worship of idols)
2. idolatry (excessive admiration)

• “idolatria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “idolatria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “idolatria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “idolatria” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

ido (“from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “idol”)”) +‎ -latria (“-latry”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈidolɑtriɑ/, [ˈido̞ˌlɑ̝t̪riɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑtriɑ
• Syllabification^(key): i‧do‧lat‧ri‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): ido‧lat‧ria

idolatria

1. synonym of kuvainpalvonta (“idolatry”) (worship of idols).

idolatria f (plural idolatrias, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of idolatría

• “idolatria” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Derived from Latin īdōlatrīa.

• IPA^(key): /i.do.laˈtri.a/

idolatria f (plural idolatrie)

1. (religion) idolatry (the worship of idols)

• idolatria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• datoriali, dilatoria, idolatrai

• idolatría

Derived from Latin īdōlatrīa.

idolatria f (Hebrew spelling אידולאטריאה)^[1]

1. (religion) idolatry (the worship of idols)
   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[1], Editions Vidas Largas, page 60:

     Era kaje syempre paezajes, la reproduksyon de las formas umanas estando defendidas por la Tora para no enkorajar el pekado de idolatria.

     It was almost always landscapes, the reproduction of human forms being prohibited by the Torah so as to not encourage the sin of idolatry.

From īdōlolatrīa by haplology. See there for more.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [iː.doː.ɫaˈtriː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.d̪o.laˈt̪riː.a]

īdōlatrīa f (genitive īdōlatrīae); first declension

1. alternative form of īdōlolatrīa

First-declension noun.

• "idolatria", 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)

Derived from Latin īdōlatrīa.

idolatria f (plural idolatrias)

1. (religion) idolatry (the worship of idols)

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 366.

Borrowed from French idolâtrie, from Latin īdōlatrīa, from īdōlolatrīa by haplology, from Ancient Greek εἰδωλολατρείᾱ (eidōlolatreíā) or εἰδωλολατρίᾱ (eidōlolatríā, “worship of idols”), back-formation from εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs) (īdōlatra in Latin), from εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “idol”) + λάτρις (látris, “worshipper”) or λατρεύω (latreúō, “I worship”), from λάτρον (látron, “payment”).

• IPA^(key): /i.dɔˈla.trja/

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• Rhymes: -atrja
• Syllabification: i‧do‧la‧tria

idolatria f

1. (religion) idolatry (worship of idols)

   Synonyms: (Middle Polish) bałwaństwo, bałwochwalstwo

• idolatria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• idolatria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Learned borrowing from Latin īdōlatrīa.

idolatria f (plural idolatrias)

1. (religion) idolatry (the worship of idols)
2. idolatry (excessive admiration)

   Synonym: veneração

• “idolatria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

idolatria f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of idolatrie

idolatria f (plural idolatrias)

1. obsolete spelling of idolatría