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

• “creente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “creente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “crente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “crente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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