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English

Etymology

devote +? -ee

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v??ti?/

Noun

devotee (plural devotees)

1. An ardent enthusiast or admirer.

   He was a devotee of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

   a devotee of classical music

2. (religion) A fanatical or zealous believer in a particular religion or god.

   devotees of Krishna

   devotees thronged the temple

3. (slang) Someone with an amputee fetish.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Italian devoto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??v??t??/

Noun

devoto (plural devotos or devotoes)

1. A devotee.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• divoto (rare)

Etymology

From Latin d?v?tus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from d?vove? (“to vow, offer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?v?.to/
• Hyphenation: de?vò?to

Adjective

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devoti, feminine plural devote)

1. devout, pious
2. devoted

Noun

devoto m (plural devoti, feminine devota)

1. A devout or faithful person

Further reading

• devoto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• devoto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• devoto in Grandi Dizionari
• devoto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• devoto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
• devoto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de??u?o?.to?/, [d?e??u?o?t?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?vo.to/, [d???v??t??]

Participle

d?v?t?

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of d?v?tus

References

• devoto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• devoto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin d?v?tus (“promissed; vowed”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /d??v?tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.?v?.tu/
• Hyphenation: de?vo?to

Adjective

devoto m (feminine singular devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas, comparable)

1. (religion) devout; pious (devoted to religious feelings and duties)

   Synonym: pio

Derived terms

• devotamente

Noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

1. devotee (ardent enthusiast or admirer)

   Synonyms: entusiasta, discípulo

2. (religion) devotee (zealous follower of a religion)

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

devoto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of devotar

Further reading

• “devoto” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “devoto” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “devoto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “devoto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “devoto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “devoto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin d?v?tus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from d?vove? (“to vow, offer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?boto/, [d?e???o.t?o]

Adjective

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)

1. devout, pious
2. devoted

Noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

1. devotee; admirer

Related terms

• devoción

Further reading

• “devoto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.