katechumen

Polish

Etymology

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Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos)bor.

Latin catēchūmenuslbor.

Polish katechumen

Learned borrowing from Latin catēchūmenus, borrowed from Ancient Greek κατηχούμενος (katēkhoúmenos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tɛˈxu.mɛn/

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• Rhymes: -umɛn
• Syllabification: ka‧te‧chu‧men

Noun

katechumen m pers (female equivalent katechumenka)

1. (Christianity) catechumen

Declension

Declension of katechumen

	singular	plural
nominative	katechumen	katechumeni, katechumeny1
genitive	katechumena	katechumenów
dative	katechumenowi	katechumenom
accusative	katechumena	katechumenów
instrumental	katechumenem	katechumenami
locative	katechumenie	katechumenach
vocative	katechumenie	katechumeni

¹Deprecative.

Related terms

adjective

• katechumenalny

noun

• katechumenat

Further reading

• “katechumen”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “katechumen”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)