feligrés
See also: feligrès
Catalan edit
Noun edit
feligrés m (plural feligresos, feminine feligresa)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish filiigleses, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *fili eclesiae, from the vocative of Latin filius + the genitive of ecclesia.[1] Compare Portuguese freguês.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
feligrés m (plural feligreses, feminine feligresa, feminine plural feligresas)
- (colloquial) parishioner, churchgoer
- Synonym: parroquiano
- (colloquial) regular (someone who often frequents an establishment, especially a bar)
- Synonym: parroquiano
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “feligrés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014