convento

From Latin conventus.

• IPA^(key): /konˈvɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: con‧vèn‧to

convento m (plural conventi)

1. convent (for nuns)
2. monastery (for monks)

conventō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of conventus

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

 

From Old Galician-Portuguese convento, from Latin conventus.

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: con‧ven‧to

convento m (plural conventos)

1. convent (for nuns)
2. monastery (for monks)

   Synonym: mosteiro

• Kristang: konventu

Borrowed from Latin conventus. Cf. the Old Spanish form conviento.

• IPA^(key): /komˈbento/ [kõmˈbẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: con‧ven‧to

convento m (plural conventos)

1. convent, monastery

   Synonym: monasterio

• → Cebuano: kombento
• → Tagalog: kumbento

• “convento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28