feligrés

See also: feligrès

Catalan

Noun

feligrés m (plural feligresos, feminine feligresa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of feligrès

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish filiigleses, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *fili eclesiae, from the vocative of Latin filius + the genitive of ecclesia.[1] Compare Portuguese freguês.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /feliˈɡɾes/ [fe.liˈɣ̞ɾes]
Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: fe‧li‧grés

Noun

feligrés m (plural feligreses, feminine feligresa, feminine plural feligresas)

(colloquial) parishioner, churchgoer
Synonym: parroquiano
(colloquial) regular (someone who often frequents an establishment, especially a bar)
Synonym: parroquiano

Related terms

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

“feligrés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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