Catholic
English
/ˈkæθ(ə)lɪk/
adj
Definitions
- Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.
- Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.
Etymology
Derived from Old French catholique derived from Latin catholicus derived from Ancient Greek καθολικός (universal).
Origin
Ancient Greek
καθολικός
Gloss
universal
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Anglo-Catholic English
- Catholically English
- Catholicise English
- Catholicize English
- acatholic English
- anti-Catholicism English
- anticatholic English
- catholicos English
- neo-Catholic English
- katolinen Finnish
- catholicus Latin
- katolikus Hungarian
- cattolico Italian
- katholiek Dutch, Flemish
- catholique French
- като́лик Russian
- católico Spanish, Castilian
- καθολικός Ancient Greek
- κᾰθολῐκός Ancient Greek
- κᾰθόλου Ancient Greek
- católico Portuguese
- カソリック Japanese
- Caitliceach Irish
- katolický Czech
- catholique Old French
- katoliko Esperanto
- catòlic Catalan, Valencian
- kaþólikki Icelandic
- कैथोलिक Hindi
- católico Galician
- คาทอลิก Thai
- ကက်သလစ် Burmese
- კათოლიკოსი Georgian
- católicu Asturian
- کاتھولک Urdu
- کیتھولک Urdu
- Katlik Marshallese
- Katolik Tok Pisin
- katolik Bislama