paladín

Borrowed from French paladin, from Italian paladino, inherited from Late Latin palātīnus (“palace officer, chamberlain”), from Latin Palātīnus (“Palatine”) (i.e. referring to the Palatine Hill, location of the Roman imperial palace), from Latin Palātium (“the Palatine Hill”).

• IPA^(key): /palaˈdin/ [pa.laˈð̞ĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧dín

paladín m (plural paladines)

1. paladin
2. defender, champion, forerunner

• “paladín”, 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