Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pon.ti.fiˈka.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: pon‧ti‧fi‧cà‧to

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin pontificātus.

Noun edit

pontificato m (plural pontificati)

  1. papacy
  2. pontificate

Etymology 2 edit

Participle edit

pontificato (feminine pontificata, masculine plural pontificati, feminine plural pontificate)

  1. past participle of pontificare

Further reading edit

  • pontificato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana