convento

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See also: Convento

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin conventus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konˈvɛn.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
  • Hyphenation: con‧vèn‧to

Noun

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convento m (plural conventi)

  1. convent (for nuns)
  2. monastery (for monks)

Latin

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Participle

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conventō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of conventus

References

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  • convento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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convento

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese convento, from Latin conventus.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ẽtu
  • Hyphenation: con‧ven‧to

Noun

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convento m (plural conventos)

  1. convent (for nuns)
  2. monastery (for monks)
    Synonym: mosteiro

Descendants

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  • Kristang: konventu

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin conventus. Cf. the Old Spanish form conviento.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /komˈbento/ [kõmˈbẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: con‧ven‧to

Noun

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convento m (plural conventos)

  1. convent, monastery
    Synonym: monasterio

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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