crente

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese creente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin crēdēns, crēdentis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɾɛntɪ]

Adjective

crente m or f (plural crentes)

1. faithful

Noun

crente m or f by sense (plural crentes)

1. believer

Antonyms

• descrente
• ateo

Related terms

• crer

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “creente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “creente”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin crēdentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ẽtɨ, (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi
• Hyphenation: cren‧te

Adjective

crente m or f (plural crentes)

1. faithful

Noun

crente m or f by sense (plural crentes)

1. believer
2. a religious person
   1. (Brazil, often derogatory) a very religious or religiously conservative person, especially a Protestant Christian

Antonyms

• descrente
• ateu

Related terms

• crer