baptista

See also: Baptista

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəpˈtis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bapˈtis.ta]

Adjective

baptista m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptistes)

1. Baptist

Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistes)

1. Baptist
2. baptist

Related terms

• baptisme
• batejar

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Baptista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaptɪsta]
• Hyphenation: bap‧ti‧s‧a

Noun

baptista m anim (female equivalent baptistka)

1. Baptist

Declension

Declension of baptista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	baptista	baptisté, baptisti
genitive	baptisty	baptistů
dative	baptistovi	baptistům
accusative	baptistu	baptisty
vocative	baptisto	baptisté, baptisti
locative	baptistovi	baptistech
instrumental	baptistou	baptisty

Related terms

• baptismus
• baptistický

 

Further reading

• “baptista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “baptista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bapˈtis.ta/, [bäpˈt̪ɪs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bapˈtis.ta/, [bäpˈt̪ist̪ä]

Noun

baptista m (genitive baptistae); first declension

1. baptizer, baptist

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	baptista	baptistae
Genitive	baptistae	baptistārum
Dative	baptistae	baptistīs
Accusative	baptistam	baptistās
Ablative	baptistā	baptistīs
Vocative	baptista	baptistae

Synonyms

• (baptizer): baptīzātor

Related terms

• baptisma
• baptistērium
• baptīzātiō
• baptīzātor
• baptīzō

Descendants

• → Catalan: baptista
• → English: baptist, Baptist
• → French: baptiste
• → Galician: baptista
• → Italian: battista
• → Portuguese: batista
• → Romanian: baptist
• → Spanish: baptista, bautista

References

• “baptista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• baptista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• baptista in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Adjective

baptista m or f (plural baptistas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of batista. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of batista. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Baptista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbapcista]

Noun

baptista m anim

1. Baptist

Declension

Declension of baptista

	singular	plural
nominative	baptista	baptisti
genitive	baptistu	baptistov
dative	baptistovi	baptistom
accusative	baptistu	baptistov
locative	baptistovi	baptistoch
instrumental	baptistom	baptistami

References

• “baptista”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs). Doublet of bautista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /babˈtista/ [baβ̞ˈt̪is.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: bap‧tis‧ta

Adjective

baptista m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptistas)

1. Baptist

Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistas)

1. Baptist

Related terms

• baptismo
• bautista
• bautizar

 

Further reading

• “baptista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014