comitiva

English

Etymology

From Italian comitiva.

Noun

comitiva

1. (historical) A band of brigands in Italy or Sicily.

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin comitīva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.miˈti.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.miˈti.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.miˈti.va]

Noun

comitiva f (plural comitives)

1. suite, retinue

   Synonym: seguici

2. group

Related terms

• comte

Further reading

• “comitiva” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “comitiva”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “comitiva” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “comitiva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Noun

comitiva f (plural comitivas)

1. company, covey

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin comitīva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.miˈti.va/
• Rhymes: -iva
• Hyphenation: co‧mi‧tì‧va

Noun

comitiva f (plural comitive)

1. group, party, company, covey

Further reading

• comitiva in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• comitiva in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin comitīva, from comitāre (“to accompany”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.miˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.miˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.miˈt͡ʃi.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.miˈti.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.miˈti.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.miˈti.bɐ/ [ku.miˈti.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: co‧mi‧ti‧va

Noun

comitiva f (plural comitivas)

1. company, covey; entourage

Spanish

Noun

comitiva f (plural comitivas)

1. company, covey, retinue

   Synonyms: séquito, escolta

2. cortege
3. train (group of wagons)

Further reading

• “comitiva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28