ermita

Borrowed from Spanish ermita.

• IPA^(key): /ermita/ [er.mi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita, -a
• Hyphenation: er‧mi‧ta

ermita inan or anim

1. (inanimate) hermitage
2. (inanimate) An isolated chapel, shrine or other sanctuary, often in the care of a hermit or anchorite.

   Synonym: baseliza

3. (animate) hermit

• “ermita”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ermita”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈmi.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɾˈmi.ta]

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ermita f (plural ermites)

1. hermitage, chapel

• ermità

• eremita
• eremític

• “ermita”, 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
• “ermita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ermita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ermita” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

ermito +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /erˈmita/

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: er‧mi‧ta

ermita (accusative singular ermitan, plural ermitaj, accusative plural ermitajn)

1. hermitic

From older eremita (“hermit”), from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἔρημος (érēmos) "solitary" (compare French ermite, Italian eremita).

• IPA^(key): /eɾˈmita/ [eɾˈmi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: er‧mi‧ta

ermita f (plural ermitas)

1. hermitage
2. an isolated chapel, shrine or other sanctuary, often in the care of a hermit or anchorite

• → Basque: ermita
• → Tagalog: ermita

• “ermita”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish ermita.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔeɾˈmita/ [ʔɛɾˈmiː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: er‧mi‧ta

ermita (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜋᜒᜆ)

1. hermitage

• ermitanyo