# eremita
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɾəˈmi.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.ɾeˈmi.ta]

### Noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremites)
* hermit
    Synonym: ermità

#### Derived terms

* ermita

## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

### Noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)
* hermit
    Synonym: ermitán

## Italian
### Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.reˈmi.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ita
* Hyphenation: e‧re‧mì‧ta

### Noun

eremita m or f by sense (masculine plural eremiti, feminine plural eremite)
* hermit

#### Derived terms

* eremitaggio

#### Related terms

* eremitico

#### Descendants

* → Hungarian: remete

### Further reading

* eremita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* ametrie, emerita, eritema, materie, mieterà, remiate, temerai

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἐρημία (erēmía), from ἔρημος (érēmos), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-, related to Lithuanian retis (“sieve”), Latin rarus.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /e.reːˈmiː.ta/, [ɛreːˈmiːt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /e.reˈmi.ta/, [ereˈmiːt̪ä]

### Noun

erēmīta m (genitive erēmītae); first declension
* hermit, eremite
* anchorite
* recluse

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* erēmīticus (Late Latin)

#### Descendants

* Catalan: ermità, ermita
* Middle Dutch: heremite, heremijt, eremijt
** Dutch: heremiet
* → English: eremite
* → Old French: eremite (learned)
** Middle French: ermite
*** French: ermite
** → Middle English: heremite
*** English: hermit
* Old Galician-Portuguese: hermida
** Galician: ermida
** Portuguese: ermida
* → German: Eremit
* Italian: eremita
** → Hungarian: remete
* Spanish: ermita
** → Basque: ermita
** → Tagalog: ermita
* Sicilian: rimitu

### References

* “eremita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* eremita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin erēmīta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ.rɛˈmi.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: e‧re‧mi‧ta

### Noun

eremita m pers (related adjective eremicki)
* (religion) anchorite, eremite, hermit (religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons)
    Synonyms: anachoreta, pustelnik

#### Derived terms

* eremityzm

#### Related terms

* erem
* eremitorium
* ermitaż

### Further reading

* eremita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* eremita in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.ɾeˈmi.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.ɾeˈmi.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.ɾeˈmi.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.ɾɨˈmi.tɐ/, /e.ɾɨˈmi.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: e‧re‧mi‧ta

### Noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)
* hermit, eremite
    Synonym: ermitão

#### Related terms

* ermida

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɾeˈmita/ [e.ɾeˈmi.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ita
* Syllabification: e‧re‧mi‧ta

### Noun

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremitas)
* hermit
    Synonym: ermitaño

#### Derived terms

* ermita

### Further reading

* “eremita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10