ecuménico

See also: ecumenico and ecumênico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ecumênico (Brazil)

Etymology

From Late Latin oecūmenicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκουμενικός (oikoumenikós).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /e.kuˈmɛ.ni.ku/, /i.kuˈmɛ.ni.ku/

• Hyphenation: e‧cu‧mé‧ni‧co

Adjective

ecuménico (feminine ecuménica, masculine plural ecuménicos, feminine plural ecuménicas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (ecclesiastical) ecumenical (pertaining to the Christian Church worldwide)

Further reading

• “ecumênico”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “ecumênico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “ecumênico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ecuménico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ecumênico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “ecuménico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin oecūmenicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκουμενικός (oikoumenikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekuˈmeniko/ [e.kuˈme.ni.ko]
• Rhymes: -eniko
• Syllabification: e‧cu‧mé‧ni‧co

Adjective

ecuménico (feminine ecuménica, masculine plural ecuménicos, feminine plural ecuménicas)

1. ecumenic, ecumenical

Derived terms

• concilio ecuménico

 

Further reading

• “ecuménico”, 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