devoto
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdevoto (plural devotos or devotoes)
- A devotee.
- 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects
- And this hath been commonly experimented by the Devoto's of all Religions; for even among the devouter Tarks and Heathens we may find as notorious Instances of those Incomes and Enlargements
- 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects
References
edit“devoto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“to vow, offer”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdevoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devoti, feminine plural devote, superlative devotissimo)
Noun
editdevoto m (plural devoti, feminine devota)
- a devout or faithful person
Further reading
edit- devoto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- devoto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- devoto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- devoto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- devoto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- devoto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈu̯oː.toː/, [d̪eːˈu̯oːt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈvo.to/, [d̪eˈvɔːt̪o]
Participle
editdēvōtō
References
edit- “devoto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- devoto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: de‧vo‧to
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin dēvōtus (“promised; vowed”).
Adjective
editdevoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)
Derived terms
editNoun
editdevoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)
- devotee (ardent enthusiast or admirer)
- Synonyms: entusiasta, discípulo
- (religion) devotee (zealous follower of a religion)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editdevoto
Further reading
edit- “devoto” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “devoto” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “devoto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “devoto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “devoto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “devoto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“to vow, offer”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdevoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)
Noun
editdevoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “devoto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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