catechismus

Dutch

Alternative forms

catechisme (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin catēchismus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.təˈxɪs.mʏs/, /ˌkaː.teːˈxɪs.mʏs/
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Hyphenation: ca‧te‧chis‧mus
Rhymes: -ɪsmʏs

Noun

catechismus m (plural catechismussen)

catechism

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός (*katēkhismós), from κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to catechize”), a later extended form of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to catechize, instruct, teach by word of mouth”), from κατά (katá, “down”) ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “to sound, to resound”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.teːˈkʰis.mus/, [kät̪eːˈkʰɪs̠mʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.teˈkis.mus/, [kät̪eˈkizmus]

Noun

catēchismus m (genitive catēchismī); second declension

catechism

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	catēchismus	catēchismī
genitive	catēchismī	catēchismōrum
dative	catēchismō	catēchismīs
accusative	catēchismum	catēchismōs
ablative	catēchismō	catēchismīs
vocative	catēchisme	catēchismī

Descendants

Catalan: catecisme
→ Czech: katechismus, katechizmus
→ Dutch: catechismus
→ English: catechism
→ Esperanto: katekismo
→ Finnish: katekismus
French: catéchisme
Galician: catecismo
→ German: Katechismus
→ Hungarian: katekizmus
Italian: catechismo
Norman: caticème
→ Marshallese: katkijm̧uuj
→ Polish: katechizm
Portuguese: catecismo, catequismo
Romanian: catehism
Spanish: catecismo
→ Swedish: katekes

References

“catechismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
catechismus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
catechismus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.