camerlengo

camerlengo

See also: Camerlengo

English

Alternative forms

• camarlengo, camerlingo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian camerlengo (“chamberlain”). Doublet of chamberlain.

Noun

camerlengo (plural camerlengos)

1. The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes.
   • 2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani; Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement”, in New York Times‎:

     Benedict will also stop using the so-called fisherman’s ring to seal documents. It will be destroyed by the cardinal camerlengo, the acting head of state of Vatican City during the “sede vacante,” the canon law term used when the papacy is vacant.

Translations

chamberlain

Catalan: camarlenc (ca) m Esperanto: kamerlingo French: camerlingue (fr) m Italian: camerlengo (it) m Latin: camerarius m Portuguese: camerlengo m Spanish: camarlengo (es) m Welsh: siambrlen m

Further reading

• camerlengo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

From Frankish *kamarling (whence Old High German chamarling and French chambellan). The root of the word is Latin camera; the word was probably coined at the court of Frankish kings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.merˈlen.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -enɡo
• Hyphenation: ca‧mer‧lén‧go

Noun

camerlengo m (plural camerlenghi)

1. chamberlain

Descendants

• → English: camerlengo

Further reading

• camerlengo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian camerlengo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.meʁˈlẽ.ɡu/ [ka.meɦˈlẽ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.meʁˈlẽ.ɡu/ [ka.meɦˈlẽ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.meɾˈlẽ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.meʁˈlẽ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.meɻˈlẽ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.mɨɾˈlẽ.ɡu/

Noun

camerlengo m (plural camerlengos)

1. (Roman Catholicism) camerlengo (cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church during the interregnum)