ídolo

See also: idolo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ydolo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiðʊlʊ]

Noun

ídolo m (plural ídolos)

1. idol

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ydolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ydolo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ídolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ídolo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ídolo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “ídolo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese idolo, borrowed from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.do.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.do.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.do.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.du.lu/ [ˈi.ðu.lu]

• Hyphenation: í‧do‧lo

Noun

ídolo m (plural ídolos)

1. idol

Derived terms

• idolatrar
• idolatrado
• idolatrização

Further reading

• “ídolo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ídolo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “ídolo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”). Cognate with English idol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈidolo/ [ˈi.ð̞o.lo]

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• Rhymes: -idolo
• Syllabification: í‧do‧lo

Noun

ídolo m (plural ídolos, feminine ídola, feminine plural ídolas)

1. idol

Related terms

• idolatrar

 

Further reading

• “ídolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10