camerlengo

See also: Camerlengo

English

Alternative forms

• camarlengo, camerlingo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian camerlengo (“chamberlain”). Doublet of chamberlain.

Noun

camerlengo (plural camerlengos)

1. The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
   • 2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Benedict will also stop using the so-called fisherman’s ring to seal documents. It will be destroyed by the cardinal camerlengo, the acting head of state of Vatican City during the “sede vacante,” the canon law term used when the papacy is vacant.

Translations

chamberlain

• Catalan: camarlenc (ca) m
• Esperanto: kamerlingo
• French: camerlingue (fr) m
• Italian: camerlengo (it) m
• Latin: camerarius m
• Portuguese: camerlengo (pt) m
• Spanish: camarlengo (es) m
• Welsh: siambrlen m

Further reading

• camerlengo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

From Old Italian camarlingo, inherited from Medieval Latin camarlingus. Doublet of ciambellano.

Cognates include Old High German chamarling and French chambellan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.merˈlen.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -enɡo
• Hyphenation: ca‧mer‧lén‧go

Noun

camerlengo m (plural camerlenghi)

1. chamberlain

Descendants

• → English: camerlengo

Further reading

• camerlengo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian camerlengo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.meʁˈlẽ.ɡu/ [ka.meɦˈlẽ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.meʁˈlẽ.ɡu/ [ka.meɦˈlẽ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.meɾˈlẽ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.meʁˈlẽ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.meɻˈlẽ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.mɨɾˈlẽ.ɡu/

• Rhymes: -ẽɡu
• Hyphenation: ca‧mer‧len‧go

Noun

camerlengo m (plural camerlengos)

1. (Roman Catholicism) camerlengo (cardinal who presides over the Apostolic Chamber and, in a pontifical interregnum, is responsible for governing the Church in the administrative field)

Derived terms

adjectives

• camerlengado

 

Further reading

• “camerlengo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “camerlengo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024