feligrés
See also: feligrès
Catalan
Noun
feligrés m (plural feligresos, feminine feligresa)
- (Valencia) Alternative spelling of feligrès
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish filiigleses, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *fili eclesiae, from the vocative of Latin filius + the genitive of ecclesia[1]. Compare Portuguese freguês.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feliˈɡɾes/ [fe.liˈɣ̞ɾes]
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: fe‧li‧grés
Noun
feligrés m (plural feligreses, feminine feligresa, feminine plural feligresas)
- (colloquial) parishioner, churchgoer
- Synonym: parroquiano
- (colloquial) regular (someone who often frequents an establishment, especially a bar)
- Synonym: parroquiano
Related terms
- hijo
- iglesia
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “feligrés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014