iglesia

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

yglesia, ygrecia, ylecia (obsolete or variant spellings)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish iglesia (“church”), ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [i.leːˈsí.jaʔ]

Noun

iglesia (inanimate, plural iglesia)

(colonial, Christianity) (it is) a church.

Proper noun

iglesia (inanimate)

(colonial) (it is) the Roman Catholic Church.

Derived terms

in santa iglesia

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ecclēsia, fom Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía) "assembly". Cognate with Galician igrexa, Portuguese igreja, Catalan església, Occitan glèisa, French église and Italian chiesa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iˈɡlesja/, [iˈɣlesja]

Noun

iglesia f (plural iglesias)

(Christianity) church

Related terms

eclesiástico

Descendants

descendants

Chavacano: iglesya
Palenquero: ilesia
→ Papiamentu: iglesia
→ Tagalog: iglesia

Further reading

“iglesia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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