reliquia

From Latin reliquiae (“relics”).

• IPA^(key): /reˈli.kwja/, /reˈli.kwi.a/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ikwja, -ikwia
• Hyphenation: re‧lì‧quia, re‧lì‧qui‧a

reliquia f (plural reliquie)

1. relic (religious)
2. reliquary

From reliquiae, reinterpreted as a singular noun. By surface analysis, reliquus +‎ -ia, from Proto-Italic *relikwos. Related to relinquō (“to relinquish”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛˈlɪ.kʷi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈliː.kʷi.a]

reliquia f (genitive reliquiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) remain, relic
2. (Late Latin) remnant

First-declension noun.

From Latin reliquiae (“relics”).

• IPA^(key): /reˈlikja/ [reˈli.kja]
• Rhymes: -ikja
• Syllabification: re‧li‧quia

reliquia f (plural reliquias)

1. relic, heirloom
2. vestige

• → Cebuano: relikyas
• → Chamorro: relikias
• → Tagalog: relikya

• “reliquia”, 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