offrande

Concepts

offering

sacrifice

gift

🎁

sacrificial victim

Synonyms

sacrifice

cadeau

🎁

don

🎁

égorgement

faire un sacrifice

sacrifié

aumône

sacrifiée

Translations

ofrenda

oferenda

Opfer

adak

bağış

offerta

sacrifício

offer

ofrena

offerande

sacrificio

Spende

sacrificium

prosfo’ra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔ.fʁɑ̃d/

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan: ofrena

Cognate with Portuguese: oferenda

Cognate with Spanish: ofrenda

In summary

Borrowed from Medieval Latin offerenda, from Latin offerendus (literally “to be offered”), gerundive of offerō (“to offer”). Compare Catalan ofrena, Occitan and Romansch ufrenda, Portuguese oferenda, Spanish ofrenda.