glossolalia

== English == === Etymology === From glosso- +‎ -lalia, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs) + λᾰλῐᾱ́ (lălĭā́, “talking; form of speech, dialect”) (from λᾰ́λος (lắlos, “talkative”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡlɒsəˈleɪliə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɡlɑsəˈleɪliə/ Rhymes: -eɪliə Hyphenation: glos‧so‧la‧lia === Noun === glossolalia (plural glossolalias) Speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); speaking in tongues. [from late 19th c.] Synonyms: gift of tongues, glossolaly, speaking in tongues, speaking with tongues Synonym of xenoglossy (“knowledge of a language one has never learned”). ==== Usage notes ==== Some writers distinguish glossolalia from xenoglossy, taking the former to mean roughly “speaking a language one does not know” and the latter to mean roughly “knowledge of a language one has never learned”. Others do not distinguish the two, using the terms interchangeably or using one term exclusively. When in doubt, it may be preferable to preserve this distinction, or to explain one's meaning when using each term. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === glossolalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue; language”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰs) + λᾰλῐᾱ́ (lălĭā́, “talking; form of speech, dialect”) (from λᾰ́λος (lắlos, “talkative”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: glos‧so‧la‧li‧a === Noun === glossolalia f (plural glossolalias) (religion) glossolalia (speaking in tongues) === Further reading === “glossolalia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “glossolalia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026