From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós, “universal”), from κατά (katá, “according to”) + ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).
Catholic (comparative more Catholic, superlative most Catholic)
- Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.
Christmas is celebrated at different dates in the Catholic and Orthodox calendars.
- Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.
The Church of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic one.
Catholic churches are built differently than Protestant ones.
- Alternative letter-case form of catholic
of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from the Orthodox church
- Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
- Asturian: católicu (ast)
- Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac)
- Catalan: catòlic (ca)
- Czech: katolický (cs)
- Danish: katolsk (da)
- Dutch: katholiek (nl)
- Emilian: catòlgo
- Esperanto: katolika
- Farefare: katolika
- Faroese: katólskur
- Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
- French: catholique (fr)
- Galician: católico (gl)
- German: katholisch (de)
- Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)
- Hebrew: קתולי (he) m (katoli)
- Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik)
- Hungarian: katolikus (hu)
- Hunsrik: katolisch
- Icelandic: kaþólskur
- Ido: katolika (io)
- Indonesian: Katolik (id)
- Irish: Caitliceach
- Italian: cattolico (it)
- Japanese: カトリック (ja) (katorikku), カソリック (ja) (kasorikku), 公教の (kōkyō no)
- Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk)
- Latvian: katolisks
- Lithuanian: katalikiškas m, katalikiška f
- Low German: kathoolsch
- Luganda: omukatoliki
- Macedonian: католички (katolički)
- Malay: Katolik
- Persian: کاتولیک (fa) (kâtolik)
- Polish: katolicki (pl)
- Portuguese: católico (pt)
- Romanian: catolic (ro)
- Russian: католи́ческий (ru) (katolíčeskij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ка̏толичкӣ m, католичка f
- Roman: kȁtoličkī (sh) m, katolička (sh) f
- Slovak: katolícky (sk)
- Sogdian: ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ (kaθulikā)
- Spanish: católico (es)
- Swahili: katoliki (sw)
- Ukrainian: католи́цький (katolýcʹkyj)
- Urdu: کیتھولک (kaitholik), کاتھولک (kātholik)
- Welsh: Catholig
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of the Roman Catholic church
- Albanian: katolik (sq) m, katolike (sq) f
- Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيقِيّ (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
- Aromanian: catolic, catolichescu, lãtinescu, latinescu (male), catolicã, catolicheascã, lãtineascã, latineascã (female)
- Bulgarian: католически (bg) (katoličeski)
- Burmese: ကက်သလစ် (my) (kaksa.lac)
- Catalan: catòlic (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 天主 (zh) (tiānzhǔ), (+ -的 -de) 天主教 (zh) (tiānzhǔjiào)
- Czech: katolický (cs) m
- Dutch: rooms-katholiek (nl)
- Emilian: catòlgo
- Esperanto: katolika
- Finnish: katolinen (fi), roomalaiskatolinen (fi)
- French: catholique (fr)
- German: katholisch (de)
- Greek: ρωμαιοκαθολικός (el) m (romaiokatholikós), ρωμαιοκαθολική (el) f (romaiokatholikí)
- Hebrew: קתולי (he) (katóli)
- Hindi: कैथोलिक (kaitholik)
- Hunsrik: katolisch
- Indonesian: Katolik Roma
- Irish: Caitliceach
- Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk)
- Latin: catholicus (la)
- Low German:
- German Low German: kathoolsch
- Macedonian: римокатолички m (rimokatolički)
- Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
- Polish: rzymskokatolicki (pl) m
- Portuguese: católico (pt)
- Romanian: catolic m, catolică f
- Spanish: católico romano
- Swahili: katoliki (sw)
- Urdu: کیتھولک (kaitholik), کاتھولک (kātholik)
- Uyghur: كاتولىك (katolik)
- Vietnamese: Công giáo (vi)
- Welsh: Catholig, Rhufeinig
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Catholic (plural Catholics)
- A member of a Catholic church.
- Hypernyms: Christian, Trinitarian
- Coordinate terms: Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, Quaker
The wife of the Prime Minister is a Catholic.
member of a Catholic church
- Albanian: katolik (sq) m, katolike (sq) f
- Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ ? (kāṯūlīkiyy) (modern transliteration), جَاثَلِيق ? (jāṯalīq), جَاثَلِيقِيّ ? (jāṯalīqiyy), كَتْلَكِيّ ? (katlakiyy), كَاتُولِيكِيّ ? (kātūlīkiyy), كُوتَالِيّ ? (kūtāliyy) (Greek Catholic)
- Armenian: կաթոլիկ (hy) (katʻolik)
- Aromanian: catolic, catulic, cãtulic, lãtin, latin (male), catolicã, catulicã, cãtulicã, lãtinã, latinã (roa-rup) (female)
- Belarusian: като́лік m (katólik), каталі́к m (katalík)
- Bulgarian: католик (bg) m (katolik)
- Catalan: catòlic (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 天主教徒 (zh) (Tiānzhǔjiàotú)
- Czech: katolík (cs) m, katolička (cs) f
- Danish: katolik (da) c
- Dutch: katholiek (nl) m
- Emilian: catòlgo m
- Esperanto: katoliko
- Faroese: katolikkur m
- Finnish: katolilainen (fi)
- French: catholique (fr) m or f
- Galician: católico (gl) m
- German: Katholik (de) m, Katholikin (de) f
- Greek: καθολικός (el) m (katholikós), καθολική (el) f (katholikí)
- Hindi: कैथोलिक m (kaitholik)
- Hungarian: katolikus (hu)
- Icelandic: kaþólikki m
- Ido: katoliko (io)
- Indonesian: Katolik (id)
- Irish: Caitliceach m
- Italian: cattolico (it) m
- Kazakh: католик (katolik)
- Khmer: កាតូលិក (kaatoulɨk)
- Latvian: katolis m, katoliete f
- Lithuanian: katalikas (lt) m, katalikė (lt) f
- Macedonian: католик m (katolik)
- Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: katolikk (no) m
- Nynorsk: katolikk m
- Old Ruthenian: като́ликъ m (katólik), каѳо́ликъ m (kafólik), кафо́ликъ m (kafólik); католи́чъка f (katolíčka)
- Polish: katolik (pl) m, katoliczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: católico (pt) m
- Romanian: catolic (ro) m, catolică (ro) f
- Russian: като́лик (ru) m (katólik), католи́чка (ru) f (katolíčka)
- Samogitian: katalėks m, katalėkė f
- Serbo-Croatian: katolik (sh) m
- Spanish: católico (es) m, católica (es) f
- Swahili: Mkatoliki
- Swedish: katolik (sv) c
- Thai: คาทอลิก (th) (kaa-tɔɔ-lìk)
- Ukrainian: като́лик m (katólyk), католи́чка f (katolýčka)
- Urdu: کیتھولک m (kaitholik), کاتھولک m (kātholik)
- Vietnamese: người Công giáo
- Welsh: Catholig m
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