edificante

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.di.fiˈkan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: e‧di‧fi‧càn‧te

Adjective

edificante m or f by sense (plural edificanti)

1. edifying

Derived terms

• edificantemente

Participle

edificante m or f by sense (plural edificanti)

1. present participle of edificare

Further reading

• “edificante”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• deificante

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aedificantis. By surface analysis, edificar + -ante.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒi.fiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.di.fiˈkɐ̃.tɨ/ [i.ði.fiˈkɐ̃.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.di.fiˈkɐ̃.tɨ/ [i.ði.fiˈkɐ̃.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.di.fiˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃t͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: e‧di‧fi‧can‧te

Adjective

edificante m or f (plural edificantes)

1. edifying

Further reading

• “edificante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “edificante”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “edificante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin aedēs

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Latin aedificārelbor.

Spanish edificar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -antem

Spanish -ante

Spanish edificante

From edificar + -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /edifiˈkante/ [e.ð̞i.fiˈkãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: e‧di‧fi‧can‧te

Adjective

edificante m or f (masculine and feminine plural edificantes)

1. uplifting, edifying

Further reading

• “edificante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026