relíquia

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Late Latin reliquia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rəˈli.ki.ə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [reˈli.ki.a] === Noun === relíquia f (plural relíquies) relic ==== Related terms ==== reliquiari === Further reading === “relíquia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “relíquia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “relíquia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “relíquia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“to leave behind, to abandon, to relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, to quit, to forsake, to depart from”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ikiɐ, -ikjɐ Hyphenation: re‧lí‧qui‧a === Noun === relíquia f (plural relíquias) (religion) relic (part of the body of a saint or any object that belonged to a saint or was part of his or her torture) (figuratively) heirloom (precious, rare or ancient thing) (figuratively) heirloom (what remains of something that ceased to exist) ==== Related terms ==== relicário === Further reading === “relíquia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “relíquia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026