different between custode vs custody

English

Etymology

French custode or Italian custode.

Noun

custode (plural custodes)

1. (obsolete) A custodian.

Anagrams

• Doucets, Ducotes, doucets, scouted

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cust?s, cust?dem, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cover, hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kus?t?.de/
• Rhymes: -?de
• Hyphenation: cu?stò?de

Noun

custode m or f (plural custodi)

1. One who guards or keeps watch:
   1. keeper, custodian
   2. warden
   3. concierge
   4. guard, jailer

Related terms

References

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

Latin

Noun

c??st?de

1. ablative singular of c??st?s

Romanian

Etymology

From French custode, from Latin custos.

Noun

custode m (plural custozi)

1. custodian

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin custodia (“a keeping, watch, guard, prison”), from custos (“a keeper, watchman, guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?st?di?/ (Estuary English)
• Homophone: custardy (in some dialects)

Noun

custody (usually uncountable, plural custodies)

1. The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.

   The court awarded custody to the child's father.

2. Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.

   I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.

3. The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.

   He was mistreated while in police custody.

4. (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.

   The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.

Derived terms

Related terms

• custodial
• custodian

Translations

Further reading

• custody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• custody in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• custody at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• Custódia [1], Priberam Dictionary]