paraclete

See also: Paraclete

English

Etymology

See Paraclete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəkliːt/

Noun

paraclete (plural paracletes)

1. An advocate or helper.
   • 1963, Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr Enderby:

     He passed a block of bright posters. One of them extolled domestic gas: a smiling toy paraclete called Mr Therm presided over a sort of warm Holy Family.

2. Alternative letter-case form of Paraclete, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost.

Translations

advocate

• Bulgarian: закрилник (bg) m (zakrilnik)
• Dhivehi: ބާރްޤަލީޠު (bārqalīţu)
• Dutch: parakleet (nl)
• Esperanto: parakleto
• French: paraclet (fr) m
• German: Paraklet m
• Greek:

  Ancient: παράκλητος m (paráklētos)

  Modern: παράκλητος (el) m (paráklitos)

• Hebrew: פְּרַקְלִיט (he) m (p'raqlít)
• Latin: paracletus m
• Persian: فارقلیط (fa)
• Polish: paraklet m
• Portuguese: paráclito (pt) m, paracleto (pt) m
• Russian: паракле́т (ru) m (paraklét)
• Spanish: paráclito m
• Swedish: paraklet c
• Turkish: paraklit

Latin

Noun

paraclēte

1. vocative singular of paraclētus