catechismus

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === catechisme (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin catēchismus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkaː.təˈxɪs.mʏs/, /ˌkaː.teːˈxɪs.mʏs/ Hyphenation: ca‧te‧chis‧mus Rhymes: -ɪsmʏs === Noun === catechismus m (plural catechismussen, no diminutive) catechism == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός (*katēkhismós), from κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to catechize”), a later extended form of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to catechize, instruct, teach by word of mouth”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “to sound, to resound”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.teːˈkʰɪs.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.teˈkiz.mus] === Noun === catēchismus m (genitive catēchismī); second declension catechism ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “catechismus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "catechismus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “catechismus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.