sapiente
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sapientem (“discerning, wise”), present active participle of sapiō (“to be wise”). Doublet of saccente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈpjɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: sa‧pièn‧te
Adjective
sapiente (plural sapienti)
- learned
- masterly, skilled
- trained (of an animal)
Derived terms
- sapientemente
Related terms
- sapienza
Noun
sapiente m or f by sense (plural sapienti)
- sage
Further reading
- sapiente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- eptanesi, espiante, pensiate
Latin
Participle
sapiente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of sapiēns
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sapientem, present participle of sapiō (“to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try; to research”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.piˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [sa.pɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /saˈpjẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.piˈẽ.te/ [sa.pɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /saˈpjẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐˈpjẽ.t(ɨ)/
Adjective
sapiente m or f (plural sapientes, comparable, comparative maissapiente, superlative o maissapiente or sapientíssimo)
- wise; intelligent
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:inteligente
Antonyms
- See Thesaurus:inteligente
Related terms
- sapiência
- sapiencial
- sapientemente
- sapientização
Spanish
Adjective
sapiente (plural sapientes)
- wise; knowing
Further reading
- “sapiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014