camposanto

See also: campo santo

English

Noun

camposanto (plural camposantos or campisanti)

1. A burial place or cemetery, in Italian- or Spanish-speaking regions.

Galician

Etymology

campo (“field”) +‎ santo (“holy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kampoˈsanto̝/

Noun

camposanto m (plural camposantos)

1. cemetery

   Synonym: cemiterio

2. churchyard

   Synonyms: adro, sagrado

References

• “camposanto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “camposanto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “camposanto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Alternative forms

• campo santo

Etymology

Dating back at least to the Camposanto at Pisa, a novel city initiative begun in the thirteenth century. It derives from the Latin, campus sanctus (“holy field”).

Noun

camposanto m (plural campisanti)

1. burial place or cemetery

   Synonym: cimitero

Spanish

Alternative forms

• campo santo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kampoˈsanto/ [kãm.poˈsãn̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: cam‧po‧san‧to

Noun

camposanto m (plural camposantos)

1. cemetery

   Synonym: cementerio

Descendants

• → Mezquital Otomi: kamposanto

Further reading

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