Roman Catholic

English

Adjective

Roman Catholic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Catholic Church and Catholicism.
2. Of or pertaining to the Latin rite, Latin Church, or Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.

Synonyms

• Catholic (neutral), papal (neutral), papish (derogatory), papist (derogatory), popish (derogatory), Romish (derogatory)

Coordinate terms

• Eastern Catholic

Translations

of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: římskokatolický (cs)
• Esperanto: romkatolika
• Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
• Galician: católico romano m
• Greek: ρωμαιοκαθολικός (el) (romaiokatholikós)
• Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik)
• Hungarian: római katolikus (hu)
• Icelandic: rómversk-kaþólskur
• Italian: cattolico romano
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: romersk-katolsk

  Nynorsk: romersk-katolsk

• Polish: rzymskokatolicki (pl)
• Portuguese: católico romano m
• Russian: католи́ческий (ru) (katolíčeskij), ри́мско-католи́ческий (ru) (rímsko-katolíčeskij)
• Swedish: romersk-katolsk (sv)
• Urdu: کیتھولک (kaitholik), کاتھولک (kātholik)

of or pertaining to the Roman/Latin Rite

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: římskokatolický (cs)
• Galician: católico romano m
• Polish: rzymskokatolicki (pl)
• Russian: католи́ческий (ru) (katolíčeskij), ри́мско-католи́ческий (ru) (rímsko-katolíčeskij)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} romersk katolsk
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} católico romano m
• German: ^{(please verify)} römisch-katholisch (de)
• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} Romas katoļi
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} católico romano, ^{(please verify)} católico (pt)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} romano-catolic m or n
• Russian: като́лик (ru) m (katólik)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} romersk-katolsk (sv)
• Volapük: ^{(please verify)} romakatulik (vo), (♂♀) ^{(please verify)} romakatulanik, (♂) ^{(please verify)} romahikatulanik, (♀) ^{(please verify)} romajikatulanik

Noun

Roman Catholic (plural Roman Catholics)

1. A person who belongs to the (Roman) Catholic Church.

Synonyms

• Catholic (synonymous in most contexts), dogan (derogatory), left-footer (derogatory), papist (derogatory), Romist (derogatory)

Translations

person

• Belarusian: рыма-каталік m (ryma-katalik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: romersk katolik
• Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
• Galician: católico romano m
• German: Katholik (de) m, Katholikin (de) f, Römisch-Katholik m (considered redundant, rare), Römisch-Katholikin f (considered redundant, rare) (compare Alt-Katholik m, Alt-Katholikin f, Altkatholik m, Altkatholikin f)
• Greek: ρωμαιοκαθολικός (el) m (romaiokatholikós)
• Hindi: कैथोलिक m (kaitholik)
• Latvian: Romas katoļis
• Polish: katolik (pl) m, katoliczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: católico romano m, católico (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: rimokatolik (sh) m
• Swedish: romersk-katolik c
• Ukrainian: римо-католик m (rymo-katolyk)
• Urdu: کیتھولک m (kaitholik), کاتھولک m (kātholik)
• Volapük: (♂♀) romakatulan (vo), (♂) romahikatulan, (♀) romajikatulan

Further reading

• Roman Catholic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia