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)

  1. begging, mendicant

Noun

mendicante m or f by sense (plural mendicanti)

  1. beggar, mendicant
    Synonyms: pezzente, straccione

Participle

mendicante m or f (plural mendicanti)

  1. present participle of mendicare

Latin

Participle

mendīcante

  1. 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)

  1. mendicant (depending on alms)
  2. 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)

  1. (religion) mendicant (depending on alms)

Noun

mendicante m or f by sense (plural mendicantes)

  1. mendicant
  2. beggar
    Synonyms: limosnero, mendigo, pordiosero

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