Catholic

See also: catholic

English edit

Etymology edit

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æθəlɪk, -æθlɪk
Hyphenation: Cath‧o‧lic

Adjective edit

Catholic (comparative more Catholic, superlative most Catholic)

Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.
Christmas is celebrated at different dates in the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.
Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.
The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic one.

Catholic churches are built differently than Protestant ones.
Alternative letter-case form of catholic

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church

Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
Asturian: católicu (ast)
Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac)
Catalan: catòlic (ca)
Czech: katolický (cs)
Danish: katolsk (da)
Dutch: katholiek (nl)
Emilian: catòlgo
Esperanto: katolika
Farefare: katolika
Faroese: katólskur
Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
French: catholique (fr)
Galician: católico (gl)
German: katholisch (de)
Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)
Hebrew: קתולי (he) m (katoli)
Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik)
Hungarian: katolikus (hu)
Hunsrik: katolisch
Icelandic: kaþólskur
Ido: katolika (io)
Indonesian: Katolik (id)
Irish: Caitliceach
Italian: cattolico (it)
Japanese: カトリック (ja) (katorikku), カソリック (ja) (kasorikku), 公教の (kōkyō no)
Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk)
Latvian: katolisks
Lithuanian: katalikiškas m, katalikiška f
Low German: kathoolsch
Luganda: omukatoliki
Macedonian: католички (katolički)
Malay: Katolik
Persian: کاتولیک (fa) (kâtolik)
Polish: katolicki (pl)
Portuguese: católico (pt)
Romanian: catolic (ro)
Russian: католи́ческий (ru) (katolíčeskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏толичкӣ m, католичка f

Roman: kȁtoličkī (sh) m, katolička (sh) f
Slovak: katolícky (sk)
Sogdian: ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ (kaθulikā)
Spanish: católico (es)
Swahili: katoliki (sw)
Ukrainian: католи́цький (katolýcʹkyj)
Urdu: کیتھولک (kaitholik), کاتھولک (kātholik)
Welsh: Catholig

of the Roman Catholic church

Albanian: katolik (sq) m, katolike (sq) f
Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
Aromanian: catolic, catolichescu, lãtinescu, latinescu (male), catolicã, catolicheascã, lãtineascã, latineascã (female)
Bulgarian: католически (bg) (katoličeski)
Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac)
Catalan: catòlic (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天主 (zh) (tiānzhǔ), (+ -的 -de) 天主教 (zh) (tiānzhǔjiào)
Czech: katolický (cs) m
Dutch: rooms-katholiek (nl)
Emilian: catòlgo
Esperanto: katolika
Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
French: catholique (fr)
German: katholisch (de)
Greek: ρωμαιοκαθολικός (el) m (romaiokatholikós), ρωμαιοκαθολική (el) f (romaiokatholikí)
Hebrew: קתולי (he) (katóli)
Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik)
Hunsrik: katolisch
Indonesian: Katolik Roma
Irish: Caitliceach
Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk)
Latin: catholicus (la)
Low German:
German Low German: kathoolsch
Macedonian: римокатолички m (rimokatolički)
Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
Polish: rzymskokatolicki (pl) m
Portuguese: católico (pt)
Romanian: catolic m, catolică f
Spanish: católico romano
Swahili: katoliki (sw)
Urdu: کیتھولک (kaitholik), کاتھولک (kātholik)
Uyghur: كاتولىك (katolik)
Vietnamese: Công giáo (vi)
Welsh: Catholig, pabyddol (cy)

Noun edit

Catholic (plural Catholics)

A member of a Catholic church.
Hypernyms: Christian, Trinitarian

Coordinate terms: Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, Quaker

The wife of the Prime Minister is a Catholic.

Translations edit

member of a Catholic church

Albanian: katolik (sq) m, katolike (sq) f
Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ ? (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيق ? (jāṯalīq), جَاثَلِيقِيّ ? (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ ? (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ ? (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ ? (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
Armenian: կաթոլիկ (hy) (katʻolik)
Aromanian: catolic, catulic, cãtulic, lãtin, latin (male), catolicã, catulicã, cãtulicã, lãtinã, latinã (roa-rup) (female)
Belarusian: като́лік m (katólik), каталі́к m (katalík)
Bulgarian: католик (bg) m (katolik)
Catalan: catòlic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天主教徒 (zh) (Tiānzhǔjiàotú)
Czech: katolík (cs) m, katolička (cs) f
Danish: katolik (da) c
Dutch: katholiek (nl) m
Emilian: catòlgo m
Esperanto: katoliko
Faroese: katolikkur m
Finnish: katolilainen (fi)
French: catholique (fr) m or f
Galician: católico (gl) m
German: Katholik (de) m, Katholikin (de) f
Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)
Hindi: कैथोलिक m (kaitholik)
Hungarian: katolikus (hu)
Icelandic: kaþólikki m
Ido: katoliko (io)
Indonesian: Katolik (id)
Irish: Caitliceach m
Italian: cattolico (it) m
Kazakh: католик (katolik)
Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk)
Latvian: katolis m, katoliete f
Lithuanian: katalikas (lt) m, katalikė (lt) f
Macedonian: католик m (katolik)
Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: katolikk (no) m

Nynorsk: katolikk m
Old Ruthenian: като́ликъ m (katólik), каѳо́ликъ m (kafólik), кафо́ликъ m (kafólik); католи́чъка f (katolíčka)
Polish: katolik (pl) m, katoliczka (pl) f
Portuguese: católico (pt) m
Romanian: catolic (ro) m, catolică (ro) f
Russian: като́лик (ru) m (katólik), католи́чка (ru) f (katolíčka)
Samogitian: katalėks m, katalėkė f
Serbo-Croatian: katolik (sh) m
Spanish: católico (es) m, católica (es) f
Swahili: Mkatoliki
Swedish: katolik (sv) c
Thai: คาทอลิก (th) (kaa-tɔɔ-lìk)
Ukrainian: като́лик m (katólyk), католи́чка f (katolýčka)
Urdu: کیتھولک m (kaitholik), کاتھولک m (kātholik)
Vietnamese: người Công giáo
Welsh: Catholig m, pabydd m

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