diaconisa

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From diácono (“deacon”) + -isa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === === Noun === diaconisa f (plural diaconisas) (ecclesiastical) deaconess (female deacon) === Further reading === “diaconisa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “diaconisa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Late Latin diaconissa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /djakoˈnisa/ [d̪ja.koˈni.sa] Rhymes: -isa Syllabification: dia‧co‧ni‧sa === Noun === diaconisa f (plural diaconisas) deaconess === Further reading === “diaconisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025