panteón

See also: panteon, Panteon, and Panteón

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pantheon, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion, “a temple of all gods”), neuter of πάνθειος (pántheios, “of or common to all gods”), from πᾶν (pân, “all, everything”) +‎ θείος (theíos, “of or for the gods”), from θεός (theós, “god”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /panteˈon/ [pãn̪.t̪eˈõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pan‧te‧ón

Noun

panteón m (plural panteones)

1. pantheon
2. mausoleum

   Synonym: mausoleo

3. (Latin America) graveyard

   Synonyms: cementerio, camposanto

Further reading

• “panteón”, 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