credentia

Interlingua

Etymology

From English credence, French croyance, Italian credènza, Spanish creencia, Portuguese crença, all ultimately from Latin crēdentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kreˈden.t͡sja/, /kreˈden.sja/, /kreˈden.tja/

Noun

credentia (plural credentias)

1. belief

References

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1971) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 73

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of crēdens.

Participle

crēdentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of crēdēns

Etymology 2

Late and Medieval Latin, from crēdens.

Noun

crēdentia f (genitive crēdentiae); first declension

1. credence

   Synonym: persuāsiō

2. promise

   Synonyms: prōmissiō, fidēs, prōmissum, pollicitum

3. recognition of debt
4. small table in sanctuary for vessels

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crēdentia	crēdentiae
Genitive	crēdentiae	crēdentiārum
Dative	crēdentiae	crēdentiīs
Accusative	crēdentiam	crēdentiās
Ablative	crēdentiā	crēdentiīs
Vocative	crēdentia	crēdentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: creença
• German: Kredenz
• English: credence
• French: croyance, créance
• Friulian: crodince, credince
• Galician: crenza
• Italian: credenza
• Norman: crianche (Jersey)
• Occitan: cresença
• Piedmontese: crejansa
• Portuguese: crença, credença, credência
• Romanian: credință
• Romansch: cardientscha
• Sardinian: credèntza
• Old Spanish: creença, creyença
  • Spanish: creencia (modified after -encia)

References

• credentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)