different between habitue vs acolyte

English

Noun

habitue (plural habitues)

1. Alternative spelling of habitué

Anagrams

• Thibeau

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.bi.ty/
• Homophones: habituent, habitues

Verb

habitue

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of habituer
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of habituer
3. second-person singular imperative of habituer

Portuguese

Verb

habitue

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of habituar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of habituar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of habituar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of habituar

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old French acolyt and Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.k?.la?t/

Noun

acolyte (plural acolytes)

1. (Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
2. (Christianity) An altar server.
3. An attendant, assistant or follower.

Synonyms

(assistant): sidekick

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “acolyte”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• cotylae

French

Alternative forms

• acolythe (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French acolyt, from Ecclesiastical Latin acolytus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.k?.lit/

Noun

acolyte m (plural acolytes)

1. (religion) acolyte
2. henchman, sidekick

Further reading

• “acolyte” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).