batistério
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptistērium, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστήριον (baptistḗrion).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.t͡ʃisˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [ba.t͡ʃisˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ba.t͡ʃisˈtɛ.ɾju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.t͡ʃiʃˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [ba.t͡ʃiʃˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ba.t͡ʃiʃˈtɛ.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.t͡ʃisˈtɛ.ɾi.o/ [ba.t͡ʃisˈtɛ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ba.t͡ʃisˈtɛ.ɾjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ba.tiʃˈtɛ.ɾju/
- Hyphenation: ba‧tis‧té‧ri‧o
Noun
batistério m (plural batistérios)
Related terms
Further reading
- “batistério”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “batistério”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026