carita

See also: Carita and carità

Latin

Participle

carita

inflection of caritus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

caritā

ablative feminine singular of caritus

References

carita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Etymology

From cara +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈɾita/ [kaˈɾi.t̪a]
Rhymes: -ita
Syllabification: ca‧ri‧ta

Noun

carita f (plural caritas)

Diminutive of cara; little face
smiley, emoticon, emoji

Derived terms

pintacaritas

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay cerita, possibly through Ternate, from Pali carita, from Sanskrit चरित (carita).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa.ˈri.t̪a/

Noun

carita

a story

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

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