igreja

Portuguese

igreja

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ygreja, from Latin ecclēsia (church), from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, congregation). Cognate with Galician igrexa, Catalan església, French église, Italian chiesa Occitan glèisa and Spanish iglesia.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ˈɡɾe.ʒɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.ˈɣɾɐ.ʒɐ/, /i.ˈɣɾɐj.ʒɐ/, /i.ˈɣɾe.ʒɐ/, /i.ˈɣɾej.ʒɐ/
  • Hyphenation: i‧gre‧ja

Noun

igreja f (plural igrejas)

  1. church (a house of worship)
  2. (Christianity) a Christian denomination


Descendants

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