baptista

See also: Baptista

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bəpˈtis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [bapˈtis.ta]

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Adjective

baptista m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptistes)

1. Baptist

Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistes)

1. Baptist
2. baptist

Related terms

• baptisme
• batejar

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs). First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaptɪsta]
• Rhymes: -ɪsta
• Hyphenation: bap‧ti‧s‧ta

Noun

baptista m anim (female equivalent baptistka, relational adjective baptistický)

1. (Christianity) Baptist (member of a Baptist church or denomination)

Declension

Declension of baptista (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	baptista	baptisté, baptisti
genitive	baptisty	baptistů
dative	baptistovi	baptistům
accusative	baptistu	baptisty
vocative	baptisto	baptisté, baptisti
locative	baptistovi	baptistech
instrumental	baptistou	baptisty

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, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “baptista”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₂bʰyéti

Proto-Hellenic *gʷápťō

Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Ancient Greek βᾰπτῐ́ζω (băptĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs)bor.

Latin baptista

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bapˈtɪs.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [bapˈtis.ta]

Noun

baptista m (genitive baptistae); first declension

1. baptizer, baptist

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	baptista	baptistae
genitive	baptistae	baptistārum
dative	baptistae	baptistīs
accusative	baptistam	baptistās
ablative	baptistā	baptistīs
vocative	baptista	baptistae

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
• → Translingual: Baptista

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Adjective

baptista m or f (plural baptistas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batista; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batista; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

• “baptista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baptista/, [ˈbaptista]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Hyphenation: bap‧tis‧ta

Noun

baptista m pers (female equivalent baptistka, relational adjective baptistický)

1. (Christianity) Baptist (member of a Baptist church or denomination)

Declension

Declension of baptista
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural
nominative	baptista	baptisti
genitive	baptistu	baptistov
dative	baptistovi	baptistom
accusative	baptistu	baptistov
locative	baptistovi	baptistoch
instrumental	baptistom	baptistami

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, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /babˈtista/ [baβ̞ˈt̪is.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: bap‧tis‧ta

Adjective

baptista m or f (masculine and feminine plural baptistas)

1. Baptist

Noun

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistas)

1. Baptist

Related terms

• baptismo
• bautista
• bautizar

Further reading

• “baptista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025