camposanto
See also: campo santo
English
Noun
camposanto (plural camposantos or campisanti)
- A burial place or cemetery, in Italian- or Spanish-speaking regions.
Galician
Etymology
campo (“field”) + santo (“holy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kampoˈsanto̝/
Noun
camposanto m (plural camposantos)
- cemetery
- Synonym: cemiterio
- churchyard
- Synonyms: adro, sagrado
References
- “camposanto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “camposanto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “camposanto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Alternative forms
- campo santo
Etymology
Dating back at least to the Camposanto at Pisa, a novel city initiative begun in the thirteenth century. It derives from the Latin, campus sanctus (“holy field”).
Noun
camposanto m (plural campisanti)
- burial place or cemetery
- Synonym: cimitero
Spanish
Alternative forms
- campo santo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kampoˈsanto/ [kãm.poˈsãn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -anto
- Syllabification: cam‧po‧san‧to
Noun
camposanto m (plural camposantos)
- cemetery
- Synonym: cementerio
Descendants
- → Mezquital Otomi: kamposanto
Further reading
- “camposanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014