convento

See also: Convento

Italian

Etymology

From Latin conventus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /konˈvɛn.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
  • Hyphenation: con‧vèn‧to

Noun

convento m (plural conventi)

  1. convent (for nuns)
  2. monastery (for monks)

Latin

Participle

conventō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of conventus

References
  • “convento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • convento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese
convento

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese convento, from Latin conventus.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈvẽ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈvẽ.to/
 

  • Rhymes: -ẽtu
  • Hyphenation: con‧ven‧to

Noun

convento m (plural conventos)

  1. convent (for nuns)
  2. monastery (for monks)
    Synonym: mosteiro

Descendants
  • Kristang: konventu

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conventus. Cf. the Old Spanish form conviento.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /komˈbento/ [kõmˈbẽn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: con‧ven‧to

Noun

convento m (plural conventos)

  1. convent, monastery
    Synonym: monasterio

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading
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