mendicante

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mendīcantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /men.diˈkan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: men‧di‧càn‧te

Adjective

mendicante (plural mendicanti)

1. begging, mendicant

Noun

mendicante m or f by sense (plural mendicanti)

1. beggar, mendicant

   Synonyms: pezzente, straccione

Participle

mendicante (plural mendicanti)

1. present participle of mendicare

Latin

Participle

mendīcante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of mendīcāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mendīcantem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.d͡ʒiˈkɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.diˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: men‧di‧can‧te

Adjective

mendicante m or f (plural mendicantes)

1. mendicant (depending on alms)
2. mendicant (of or pertaining to a member of a religious order who begs)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mendīcantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mendiˈkante/ [mẽn̪.d̪iˈkãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: men‧di‧can‧te

Adjective

mendicante m or f (masculine and feminine plural mendicantes)

1. (religion) mendicant (depending on alms)

Noun

mendicante m or f by sense (plural mendicantes)

1. mendicant
2. beggar

   Synonyms: limosnero, mendigo, pordiosero

Further reading

• “mendicante”, 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