eremita
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).
Italian
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.reˈmi.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ita
- Hyphenation: e‧re‧mì‧ta
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Hungarian: remete
Further reading
- eremita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἐρημία (erēmía), from ἔρημος (érēmos), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-, related to Lithuanian retis (“sieve”), Latin rarus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e.reːˈmiː.ta/, [ɛreːˈmiːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.reˈmi.ta/, [ereˈmiːt̪ä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | erēmīta | erēmītae |
Genitive | erēmītae | erēmītārum |
Dative | erēmītae | erēmītīs |
Accusative | erēmītam | erēmītās |
Ablative | erēmītā | erēmītīs |
Vocative | erēmīta | erēmītae |
Derived terms
- erēmīticus (Late Latin)
Descendants
References
- “eremita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- eremita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.rɛˈmi.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: e‧re‧mi‧ta
Noun
eremita m pers
Declension
Portuguese

Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.ɾeˈmi.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.ɾeˈmi.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.ɾɨˈmi.tɐ/, /e.ɾɨˈmi.tɐ/
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾeˈmita/ [e.ɾeˈmi.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: e‧re‧mi‧ta
Derived terms
Further reading
- “eremita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014