exorcista

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exorcista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɡ.zurˈsis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.zoɾˈsis.ta]

Noun

exorcista m or f by sense (plural exorcistes)

1. exorcist

Related terms

• exorcisme
• exorcitzar

Further reading

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛɡzort͡sɪsta]
• Rhymes: -ɪsta

Noun

exorcista m anim

1. exorcist

Declension

Declension of exorcista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	exorcista	exorcisté
genitive	exorcisty	exorcistů
dative	exorcistovi	exorcistům
accusative	exorcistu	exorcisty
vocative	exorcisto	exorcisté
locative	exorcistovi	exorcistech
instrumental	exorcistou	exorcisty

Further reading

• “exorcista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “exorcista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξορκιστής (exorkistḗs)-

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ek.sorˈkis.ta/, [ɛks̠ɔrˈkɪs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.sorˈt͡ʃis.ta/, [eɡzorˈt͡ʃist̪ä]

Noun

exorcista m (genitive exorcistae); first declension

1. exorcist

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	exorcista	exorcistae
genitive	exorcistae	exorcistārum
dative	exorcistae	exorcistīs
accusative	exorcistam	exorcistās
ablative	exorcistā	exorcistīs
vocative	exorcista	exorcistae

Derived terms

• exorcistātus

References

• “exorcista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exorcista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• exorcista in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zoʁˈsis.tɐ/ [e.zohˈsis.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zoʁˈsis.tɐ/ [e.zohˈsis.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.zoɾˈsis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.zoʁˈsiʃ.tɐ/ [e.zoχˈsiʃ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zoɻˈsis.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zuɾˈsiʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: e‧xor‧cis‧ta

Noun

exorcista m or f by sense (plural exorcistas)

1. exorcist (a person who practices exorcism)

Related terms

• exorcismo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exorcista.

Noun

exorcista m or f by sense (plural exorcistas)

1. exorcist

Related terms

• exorcismo

 

Further reading

• “exorcista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28