ateu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈtɛw], [əˈtew]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈtɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈtɛw]
• Rhymes: -ɛw

Adjective

ateu (feminine atea, masculine plural ateus, feminine plural atees)

1. atheistic

   Synonym: ateístic

Noun

ateu m (plural ateus, feminine atea)

1. atheist

Related terms

• ateisme
• ateístic

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless, without god”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtew/ [aˈteʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtew/

Noun

ateu m (plural ateus, feminine ateia, feminine plural ateias)

1. atheist (one who lacks belief in the existence of gods)

   Synonyms: ateísta, ímpio, descrente

Related terms

• ateísmo
• ateísta
• ateístico

Further reading

• “ateu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French athée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtew/

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Noun

ateu m (plural atei, feminine equivalent atee)

1. atheist

Declension

Declension of ateu

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ateu	ateul	(niște) atei	ateii
genitive/dative	(unui) ateu	ateului	(unor) atei	ateilor
vocative	ateule		ateilor