relíquia

See also: reliquia

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin reliquia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈli.ki.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈli.ki.a]

Noun

relíquia f (plural relíquies)

1. relic

Related terms

• reliquiari

Further reading

• “relíquia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “relíquia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “relíquia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “relíquia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, to abandon, to relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, to quit, to forsake, to depart from”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈli.ki.ɐ/ [heˈli.kɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈli.kjɐ/ [heˈli.kjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈli.ki.ɐ/ [heˈli.kɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈli.kjɐ/ [heˈli.kjɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈli.ki.ɐ/ [χeˈli.kɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈli.kjɐ/ [χeˈli.kjɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈli.ki.a/ [heˈli.kɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈli.kja/ [heˈli.kja]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈli.kjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ikiɐ, -ikjɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧lí‧qui‧a

Noun

relíquia f (plural relíquias)

1. (religion) relic (part of the body of a saint or any object that belonged to a saint or was part of his or her torture)
2. (figuratively) heirloom (precious, rare or ancient thing)
3. (figuratively) heirloom (what remains of something that ceased to exist)

Related terms

• relicário