relíquia
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See also: reliquia
Etymology
From Late Latin reliquia.
Pronunciation
Noun
relíquia f (plural relíquies)
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Further reading
- “relíquia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “relíquia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “relíquia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “relíquia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology
From Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, to abandon, to relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, to quit, to forsake, to depart from”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ikiɐ, -ikjɐ
- Hyphenation: re‧lí‧qui‧a
Noun
relíquia f (plural relíquias)
- (religion) relic (part of the body of a saint or any object that belonged to a saint or was part of his or her torture)
- (figuratively) heirloom (precious, rare or ancient thing)
- (figuratively) heirloom (what remains of something that ceased to exist)
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