hierofante
Spanish, noun/ʝeɾoˈfante/
hierofante is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hierophant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacerdote del templo de Deméter y de otros varios de Grecia, que dirigía las ceremonias de la iniciación en…”.
What does hierofante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehierophant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sacerdote del templo de Deméter y de otros varios de Grecia, que dirigía las ceremonias de la iniciación en los misterios sagrados (misterios eleusinos). 2. Por extensión: Maestro de nociones recónditas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hierofante
- hierofantes plural
- hierofanta alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hierofante?
- /ʝeɾoˈfante/
- [ɟ͡ʝe.ɾoˈfãn̪.t̪e]
- [jeɾoˈfãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hierofante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hierofante in Spanish?
hierofante appears about once in every 37 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).