devoto
English
Etymology
From Italian devoto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈvəʊtəʊ/
Noun
devoto (plural devotos or devotoes)
- A devotee.
- 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects
- And this hath been commonly experimented by the Devoto's of all Religions; for even among the devouter Tarks and Heathens we may find as notorious Instances of those Incomes and Enlargements
- 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects
References
devoto in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Italian
Alternative forms
- divoto (rare)
Etymology
From Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“to vow, offer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈvɔ.to/
- Rhymes: -ɔto
- Hyphenation: de‧vò‧to
Adjective
devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devoti, feminine plural devote, superlative devotissimo)
- devout, pious
- devoted
Noun
devoto m (plural devoti, feminine devota)
- a devout or faithful person
Further reading
- devoto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- devoto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- devoto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- devoto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- devoto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- devoto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈu̯oː.toː/, [d̪eːˈu̯oːt̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈvo.to/, [d̪eˈvɔːt̪o]
Participle
dēvōtō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēvōtus
References
- “devoto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- devoto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈvɔ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈvɔ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨˈvɔ.tu/
- Hyphenation: de‧vo‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus (“promised; vowed”).
Adjective
devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)
- (religion) devout; pious (devoted to religious feelings and duties)
- Synonym: pio
Derived terms
- devotamente
Noun
devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)
- devotee (ardent enthusiast or admirer)
- Synonyms: entusiasta, discípulo
- (religion) devotee (zealous follower of a religion)
Related terms
- devoção
- devotar
- voto
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
devoto
- first-person singular present indicative of devotar
Further reading
- “devoto” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “devoto” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “devoto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “devoto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “devoto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “devoto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“to vow, offer”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈboto/ [d̪eˈβ̞o.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -oto
- Syllabification: de‧vo‧to
Adjective
devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)
- devout, pious
- devoted
Noun
devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)
- devotee; admirer
Related terms
- devoción
Further reading
- “devoto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014