feligrés

See also: feligrès

Catalan

Noun

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

  1. (Valencia) alternative spelling of feligrès

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīlī ecclēsiae (literally “son of the church”), from the vocative of Latin fīlius (“son”), and the genitive of ecclēsia (“church”).[1] Cognate with Galician fregués and 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)

  1. parishioner, churchgoer
    Synonym: parroquiano
  2. regular (someone who often frequents an establishment, especially a bar)
    Synonyms: casero, vecero

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984), “estique”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 878

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