Catholic

See also: catholic

English

Etymology

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/
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Rhymes: -æθəlɪk, -æθlɪk
Hyphenation: Cath‧o‧lic

Adjective

Catholic (comparative more Catholic, superlative most Catholic)

Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.
Christmas is celebrated at different dates in the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.
Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.
The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic one.
Catholic churches are built differently than Protestant ones.
Alternative letter-case form of catholic

Derived terms

Anglo-Catholic
Catholicisation/ization
Catholicise/ize
Catholicism
Independent Catholic
is the Pope Catholic
neo-Catholic

Translations

of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church

Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ‎ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ‎ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ‎ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ‎ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ‎ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
Asturian: católicu (ast)
Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac)
Catalan: catòlic (ca)
Czech: katolický (cs)
Danish: katolsk (da)
Dutch: katholiek (nl)
Emilian: catòlgo
Esperanto: katolika
Faroese: katólskur
Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
French: catholique (fr)
Galician: católico (gl)
German: katholisch (de)
Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)
Hebrew: קתולי‎ (he) m (katoli)
Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik)
Hungarian: katolikus (hu)
Hunsrik: katolisch
Icelandic: kaþólskur
Ido: katolika (io)
Indonesian: Katolik
Irish: Caitliceach
Italian: cattolico (it)
Japanese: カトリック (katorikku), カソリック (kasorikku), 公教の (kōkyō no)
Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk)
Latvian: katolisks
Lithuanian: katalikiškas m, katalikiška f
Low German:
German Low German: kathoolsch
Macedonian: католички (katolički)
Malay: Katolik
Persian: کاتولیک‎ (fa) (kâtolik)
Polish: katolicki (pl)
Portuguese: católico (pt)
Romanian: catolic (ro)
Russian: католи́ческий (ru) (katolíčeskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏толичкӣ m, католичка f
Roman: kȁtoličkī (sh) m, katolička (sh) f
Slovak: katolícky (sk)
Sogdian: ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ‎ (kaθulikā)
Spanish: católico (es)
Swahili: katoliki (sw)
Ukrainian: католи́цький (katolýcʹkyj)
Urdu: کیتھولک‎ (kaitholik), کاتھولک‎ (kātholik)
Welsh: Catholig

of the Roman Catholic church

Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ‎ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ‎ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ‎ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ‎ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ‎ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
Bulgarian: католически (bg) (katoličeski)
Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac)
Catalan: catòlic (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天主 (zh) (tiānzhǔ), (+ -的 -de) 天主教 (zh) (tiānzhǔjiào)
Czech: katolický (cs) m
Dutch: rooms-katholiek (nl)
Emilian: catòlgo
Esperanto: katolika
Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
French: catholique (fr)
German: katholisch (de)
Greek: ρωμαιοκαθολικός (el) m (romaiokatholikós), ρωμαιοκαθολική (el) f (romaiokatholikí)
Hebrew: קתולי‎ (he) (katóli)
Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik)
Hunsrik: katolisch
Indonesian: Katolik Roma
Irish: Caitliceach
Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk)
Latin: catholicus (la)
Low German:
German Low German: kathoolsch
Macedonian: римокатолички m (rimokatolički)
Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
Polish: rzymskokatolicki (pl) m
Portuguese: católico (pt)
Spanish: católico romano
Swahili: katoliki (sw)
Urdu: کیتھولک‎ (kaitholik), کاتھولک‎ (kātholik)
Vietnamese: Công giáo (vi)
Welsh: Catholig, pabyddol (cy)

Noun

Catholic (plural Catholics)

A member of a Catholic church.
The wife of the Prime Minister is a Catholic.
Hypernyms: Christian, Trinitarian
Coordinate terms: Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, Quaker

Translations

member of a Catholic church

Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ‎ ? (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيق‎ ? (jāṯalīq), جَاثَلِيقِيّ‎ ? (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ‎ ? (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ‎ ? (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ‎ ? (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
Armenian: կաթոլիկ (hy) (katʿolik)
Belarusian: като́лік m (katólik), каталі́к m (katalík)
Bulgarian: католик (bg) m (katolik)
Catalan: catòlic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天主教徒 (zh) (Tiānzhǔjiàotú)
Czech: katolík (cs) m, katolička (cs) f
Danish: katolik (da) c
Dutch: katholiek (nl) m
Emilian: catòlgo m
Esperanto: katoliko
Faroese: katolikkur m
Finnish: katolilainen (fi)
French: catholique (fr) m or f
Galician: católico (gl) m
German: Katholik (de) m, Katholikin (de) f
Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)
Hindi: कैथोलिक m (kaitholik)
Hungarian: katolikus (hu)
Icelandic: kaþólikki m
Ido: katoliko (io)
Indonesian: Katolik
Irish: Caitliceach m
Italian: cattolico (it) m
Kazakh: католик (katolik)
Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk)
Latvian: katolis m, katoliete f
Lithuanian: katalikas (lt) m, katalikė (lt) f
Macedonian: католик m (katolik)
Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: katolikk (no) m
Nynorsk: katolikk m
Old Ruthenian: като́ликъ m (katólik), каѳо́ликъ m (kafólik), кафо́ликъ m (kafólik); католи́чъка f (katolíčka)
Polish: katolik (pl) m, katoliczka (pl) f
Portuguese: católico (pt) m
Russian: като́лик (ru) m (katólik), католи́чка (ru) f (katolíčka)
Samogitian: katalėks m, katalėkė f
Serbo-Croatian: katolik (sh) m
Spanish: católico (es) m, católica (es) f
Swahili: Mkatoliki
Swedish: katolik (sv) c
Thai: คาทอลิก (th) (kaa-tɔɔ-lìk)
Ukrainian: като́лик m (katólyk), католи́чка f (katolýčka)
Urdu: کیتھولک‎ m (kaitholik), کاتھولک‎ m (kātholik)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: Catholig m, pabydd m

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