evangelista

See also: evangélista

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛvaŋɡɛlɪsta]

Noun

evangelista m anim

1. Evangelist (a writer of a gospel, especially the four New Testament Gospels)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	evangelista	evangelisté, evangelisti
genitive	evangelisty	evangelistů
dative	evangelistovi	evangelistům
accusative	evangelistu	evangelisty
vocative	evangelisto	evangelisté, evangelisti
locative	evangelistovi	evangelistech
instrumental	evangelistou	evangelisty

Declension of evangelista (masculine animate in -a)

Related terms

• evangelium
• evangelík

 

Further reading

• “evangelista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “evangelista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “evangelista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Italian

Alternative forms

• vangelista (archaic, only in meanings 1 and 2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin evangelista, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs, “bringer of good news”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.van.d͡ʒeˈli.sta/
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: e‧van‧ge‧lì‧sta

Noun

evangelista m (plural evangelisti)

1. (biblical) evangelist (writer of a Gospel)
2. (Christianity, primitive Church)evangelist (preacher of the Gospel)
3. (Christianity) evangelist, preacher
4. (Christianity) one who reads or sings a Gospel

Related terms

• evangelizzare
• vangelo

Further reading

• evangelista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• segnalatevi

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs). By surface analysis, evangelium +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.u̯an.ɡeˈlis.ta/, [eu̯äŋɡɛˈlʲɪs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.van.d͡ʒeˈlis.ta/, [evän̠ʲd͡ʒeˈlist̪ä]

Noun

evangelista f (genitive evangelistae); first declension

1. evangelist, preacher

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	evangelista	evangelistae
genitive	evangelistae	evangelistārum
dative	evangelistae	evangelistīs
accusative	evangelistam	evangelistās
ablative	evangelistā	evangelistīs
vocative	evangelista	evangelistae

Descendants

• Old French: evangeliste
  • French: évangéliste
  • → English: evangelist
  • → Middle Dutch: ewangeliste
    • Dutch: evangelist
• Italian: evangelista
• Old Spanish: euangelista, euangelysta
  • Spanish: evangelista
    • → Tagalog: ebanghelista
• → Czech: evangelista
• → German: Evangelist
• → Hungarian: evangélista
• → Old Swedish: evangeliste
  • Swedish: evangelist

References

• “evangelista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• evangelista 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)
• evangelista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish euangelista, borrowed from Latin evangelista, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebanxeˈlista/ [e.β̞ãŋ.xeˈlis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: e‧van‧ge‧lis‧ta

Noun

evangelista m or f by sense (plural evangelistas)

1. (Christianity) evangelist

Related terms

• evangelio
• evangelismo
• evangelizar

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: ebanghelista

Further reading

• “evangelista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10