# baptista
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [bəpˈtis.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [bapˈtis.ta]

### Adjective

baptista m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptistes)
* Baptist

### Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistes)
* Baptist
* baptist

#### Related terms

* baptisme
* batejar

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbaptɪsta]
* Rhymes: -ɪsta
* Hyphenation: bap‧ti‧s‧ta

### Noun

baptista m anim (female equivalent baptistka, relational adjective baptistický)
* (Christianity) Baptist (member of a Baptist church or denomination)

#### Related terms

* baptismus m inan
* baptisterium n

### Further reading

* “baptista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “baptista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “baptista” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
* “baptista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /bapˈtis.ta/, [bäpˈt̪ɪs̠t̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /bapˈtis.ta/, [bäpˈt̪ist̪ä]

### Noun

baptista m (genitive baptistae); first declension
* baptizer, baptist

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* (baptizer): baptīzātor

#### Related terms

* baptisma
* baptistērium
* baptīzātiō
* baptīzātor
* baptīzō

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: baptista
* → Czech: baptista
* → English: baptist, Baptist
* → French: baptiste
* → Galician: baptista
* → Italian: battista
* → Portuguese: batista
* → Romanian: baptist
* → Slovak: baptista
* → Spanish: baptista, bautista

### References

* “baptista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* baptista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* baptista in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Portuguese
### Adjective

baptista m or f (plural baptistas)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batista. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

### Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistas)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batista. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbaptista]
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### Noun

baptista m pers (female equivalent baptistka, relational adjective baptistický)
* (Christianity) Baptist (member of a Baptist church or denomination)

#### Related terms

* anabaptista m pers
* anabaptizmus m inan
* baptistérium n
* baptizmus m inan

### Further reading

* “baptista”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs). Doublet of bautista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /babˈtista/ [baβ̞ˈt̪is.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: bap‧tis‧ta

### Adjective

baptista m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptistas)
* Baptist

### Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistas)
* Baptist

#### Related terms

* baptismo
* bautista
* bautizar

### Further reading

* “baptista”, 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