catechismus
Dutch
Alternative forms
- catechisme (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin catēchismus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaː.təˈxɪs.mʏs/, /ˌkaː.teːˈxɪs.mʏs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ca‧te‧chis‧mus
- Rhymes: -ɪsmʏs
Noun
catechismus m (plural catechismussen)
- catechism
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός (*katēkhismós), from κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to catechize”), a later extended form of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to catechize, instruct, teach by word of mouth”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “to sound, to resound”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.teːˈkʰis.mus/, [kät̪eːˈkʰɪs̠mʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.teˈkis.mus/, [kät̪eˈkizmus]
Noun
catēchismus m (genitive catēchismī); second declension
- catechism
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | catēchismus | catēchismī |
| Genitive | catēchismī | catēchismōrum |
| Dative | catēchismō | catēchismīs |
| Accusative | catēchismum | catēchismōs |
| Ablative | catēchismō | catēchismīs |
| Vocative | catēchisme | catēchismī |
Descendants
- Catalan: catecisme
- → Czech: katechismus, katechizmus
- → Dutch: catechismus
- → English: catechism
- → Esperanto: katekismo
- → Finnish: katekismus
- French: catéchisme
- Galician: catecismo
- → German: Katechismus
- → Hungarian: katekizmus
- Italian: catechismo
- Norman: caticème
- → Marshallese: katkijm̧uuj
- → Polish: katechizm
- Portuguese: catecismo
- Spanish: catecismo
- → Swedish: katekes
References
- “catechismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- catechismus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- catechismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette