different between northern vs sacramento

English

Etymology

From Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-Germanic *nurþr?nijaz. Cognate with Old High German nordr?ni and Old Norse norrœnn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, /?n??ðn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??ð?n/, enPR: nôr?th?rn
• (non-standard) IPA^(key): /?n?ð?(?)n/

Adjective

northern (comparative more northern, superlative most northern)

1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north;northerly.
2. (of a wind) Blowing from the north; northerly.
3. (Britain) Characteristic of the North of England (usually capitalised)

Synonyms

• boreal
• septentrional

Antonyms

• austral
• meridional
• southern

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• eastern
• occidental
• oriental
• western

Noun

northern (plural northerns)

1. An inhabitant of the northern regions.
2. (fishing) The northern pike.
   • 1993, Barry Reynolds, John Berryman, Pike on the Fly: The Flyfishing Guide to Northerns, Tigers, and Muskies

     As is the case with northerns, the female muskie, trailed by her attendant males, may broadcast eggs over several hundred yards.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sacramento, sagramento, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacr?mentum, from Latin sacr?.

Noun

sacramento m (plural sacramentos)

1. (Christianity) sacrament

Further reading

• “sacramento” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin sacr?mentum, from Latin sacr?.

Noun

sacramento m (plural sacramenti)

1. (Christianity) sacrament

Verb

sacramento

1. first-person singular present indicative of sacramentare

Latin

Noun

sacr?ment?

1. dative singular of sacr?mentum
2. ablative singular of sacr?mentum

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sagramento (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sacramento, sagramento, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacr?mentum, from Latin sacr?.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?.k??.?m?.tu/
• Hyphenation: sa?cra?men?to

Noun

sacramento m (plural sacramentos)

1. (Christianity) sacrament

Derived terms

• sacramental

Further reading

• “sacramento” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Modified from Old Spanish sagramento, sagramente, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacr?mentum, from Latin sacr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sak?a?mento/, [sa.k?a?m?n?.t?o]

Noun

sacramento m (plural sacramentos)

1. (Christianity, theology) sacrament

Derived terms

Related terms

• sacro
• sagrado
• sagrario

Further reading

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