mendicante
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mendīcantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /men.diˈkan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: men‧di‧càn‧te
Adjective
mendicante m or f (plural mendicanti)
Noun
mendicante m or f by sense (plural mendicanti)
- beggar, mendicant
- Synonyms: pezzente, straccione
Participle
mendicante m or f (plural mendicanti)
- present participle of mendicare
Latin
Participle
mendīcante
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of mendīcāns
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mendīcantem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mẽ.diˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: men‧di‧can‧te
Adjective
mendicante m or f (plural mendicantes)
- mendicant (depending on alms)
- mendicant (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mendīcantem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mendiˈkante/ [mẽn̪.d̪iˈkãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: men‧di‧can‧te
Adjective
mendicante m or f (masculine and feminine plural mendicantes)
Noun
mendicante m or f by sense (plural mendicantes)
- mendicant
- beggar
- Synonyms: limosnero, mendigo, pordiosero
Further reading
- “mendicante”, 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