ateu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əˈte̞w]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈtɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈtɛw], [əˈtew]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈtɛw]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ɛw

Adjective

ateu (feminine atea, masculine plural ateus, feminine plural atees)

1. atheistic

   Synonym: ateístic

Noun

ateu m (plural ateus, feminine atea, feminine plural atees)

1. atheist

Related terms

• ateisme
• ateístic

Further reading

• “ateu”, 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
• “ateu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ateu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ateu”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin atheos, from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless, without god”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtew/ [aˈteʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtew/

Noun

ateu m (plural ateus, feminine ateia, feminine plural ateias)

1. atheist (one who lacks belief in the existence of gods)

   Synonyms: ateísta, ímpio, descrente

Related terms

• ateísmo
• ateísta
• ateístico

Further reading

• “ateu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ateu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French athée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtew/

• Audio:

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Noun

ateu m (plural atei, feminine equivalent atee)

1. atheist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ateu	ateul	atei	ateii
genitive-dative	ateu	ateului	atei	ateilor
vocative	ateule		ateilor