creencia
Asturian
Noun
creencia f (plural creencies)
- alternative form of creyencia
Spanish
Etymology
From creer + -encia or a semi-learned modification of the Old Spanish creença < Medieval Latin or Late Latin crēdentia, from Latin crēdēns. Compare the doublet credencia. Cognates include English credence, French croyance, French créance, Italian credenza, Portuguese crença, Romanian credință.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɾeˈenθja/ [kɾeˈẽn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /kɾeˈensja/ [kɾeˈẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -enθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: cre‧en‧cia
Noun
creencia f (plural creencias)
Related terms
Further reading
- “creencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024