catechizzare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to catechize
  2. (transitive) to try to persuade
  3. (transitive) to lecture, preach (at)

Concepts

Translations

Hyphenated as
ca‧te‧chiz‧zà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ka.te.kidˈd͡za.re/
Etymology

Latin catēchīzāre (“to instruct in religion; to catechize”), from Ancient Greek κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to instruct orally”), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to resound, instruct orally”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound, noise”).

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