relíquia

From Late Latin reliquia.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈli.ki.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈli.ki.a]

relíquia f (plural relíquies)

1. relic

• reliquiari

• “relíquia”, 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
• “relíquia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “relíquia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “relíquia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, to abandon, to relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, to quit, to forsake, to depart from”).

• Rhymes: -ikiɐ, -ikjɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧lí‧qui‧a

relíquia f (plural relíquias)

1. (religion) relic (part of the body of a saint or any object that belonged to a saint or was part of his or her torture)
2. (figuratively) heirloom (precious, rare or ancient thing)
3. (figuratively) heirloom (what remains of something that ceased to exist)

• relicário