reverend

See also: Reverend and révérend

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French révérend, from Old French, from Latin future passive participle reverendus (“that is to be respected”), from deponent verb revereor (“I honor, revere”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛvɹənd/, /ˈɹɛvəɹənd/

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Adjective

reverend

1. worthy of reverence or respect
2. reverent
3. (Western Pennsylvania) Extreme, extraordinary, or powerful.

Translations

worthy of reverence

• Bulgarian: достопочтен (bg) (dostopočten)
• Greek:

  Ancient: σεβαστός (sebastós)

• Macedonian: почи́туван (počítuvan)
• Russian: достопочте́нный (ru) (dostopočténnyj)
• Ukrainian: шано́вний (uk) m (šanóvnyj)

Noun

reverend (plural reverends)

1. (informal) A member of the Christian clergy; a minister.

   Hypernym: cleric

Translations

member of the Christian clergy

• Catalan: reverend m
• Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi)
• Faroese: prestur m
• Finnish: pappi (fi)
• French: révérend (fr) m
• German: (Seiner, Euer - in reference) Hochwürden (de), (Seiner, Euer - in reference) Ehrwürden (de)
• Icelandic: séra m
• Irish: urramach m
• Italian: reverendo (it) m, reverenda f
• Polish: duchowny (pl) m
• Portuguese: reverendo (pt) m
• Russian: преподо́бный (ru) m (prepodóbnyj), (его́, их (his, their) - in reference) преподо́бие (ru) n (prepodóbije)
• Scottish Gaelic: urramach m
• Serbo-Croatian: velečasni (sh) m, велечасни m
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: reverendo (es) m
• Tagalog: reberendo
• Ukrainian: преподо́бний m (prepodóbnyj), преподо́біє n (prepodóbije)

Anagrams

• renerved

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reverendus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.βəˈɾen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.vəˈɾent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [re.veˈɾent]

Adjective

reverend (feminine reverenda, masculine plural reverends, feminine plural reverendes)

1. respected, revered
2. reverend

Related terms

• reverència

Further reading

• “reverend” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French révérend, from Latin reverendus.

Noun

reverend m (plural reverenzi)

1. reverend

Declension

Declension of reverend

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) reverend	reverendul	(niște) reverenzi	reverenzii
genitive/dative	(unui) reverend	reverendului	(unor) reverenzi	reverenzilor
vocative	reverendule		reverenzilor