pontífice
See also: pontifice
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pontificem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /põˈt͡ʃi.fi.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /põˈt͡ʃi.fi.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /põˈti.fi.sɨ/
- Hyphenation: pon‧tí‧fi‧ce
Noun
pontífice m (plural pontífices)
- pontiff (the Pope)
Related terms
Further reading
- “pontífice”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pontífice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pontificem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ponˈtifiθe/ [põn̪ˈt̪i.fi.θe] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ponˈtifise/ [põn̪ˈt̪i.fi.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ifiθe (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -ifise (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: pon‧tí‧fi‧ce
Noun
pontífice m (plural pontífices)
Related terms
Further reading
- “pontífice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025