sacerdotisa
Portuguese
Etymology
From sacerdote (“priest”) + -isa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.seʁ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/ [sa.seɦ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /sa.seɾ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /sa.seʁ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /sa.seɻ.doˈt͡ʃi.zɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.seʁ.doˈt͡ʃi.za/ [sa.seɦ.doˈt͡ʃi.za]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.sɨɾ.duˈti.zɐ/ [sɐ.sɨɾ.ðuˈti.zɐ]
Noun
sacerdotisa f (plural sacerdotisas)
Further reading
- “sacerdotisa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sacerdotisa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From sacerdote (“priest”) + -isa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saθeɾdoˈtisa/ [sa.θeɾ.ð̞oˈt̪i.sa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /saseɾdoˈtisa/ [sa.seɾ.ð̞oˈt̪i.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -isa
- Syllabification: sa‧cer‧do‧ti‧sa
Noun
sacerdotisa f (plural sacerdotisas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “sacerdote”, 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