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auto da fe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈaʊtəʊ də ˈfeɪ/
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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese auto da fé (“act/sentence of (the) faith”), in turn from Latin actus de fide.

Meanings

  1. The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.
  2. The public execution of those sentences, often by burning at the stake.

Forms

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auto-de-fé alternative lexicographic
auto da fé alternative lexicographic
auto de fé alternative lexicographic
auto-de-fe alternative lexicographic
autos da fe Number=Plur lexicographic
auto de fe alternative lexicographic
auto da fes Number=Plur lexicographic
auto-da-fé alternative lexicographic
auto-da-fe alternative lexicographic

Translations (19)

ru аутодафе́ (public execution by burning at the stake) · nn autodafe (public execution by burning at the stake) · pl auto-da-fé (public execution by burning at the stake) · pt auto da fé (public execution by burning at the stake) · de Autodafé (public execution by burning at the stake) · nb autodafe (public execution by burning at the stake) · nb autodafé (public execution by burning at the stake) · ja アウト・デ・フェ (public execution by burning at the stake) · sv autodafé (public execution by burning at the stake) · yi אויטאָדאַפֿע (public execution by burning at the stake) · it autodafé (public execution by burning at the stake) · el άουτο ντα φε (public execution by burning at the stake) · es auto de fe (public execution by burning at the stake) · lt autodafė (public execution by burning at the stake) · cmn 火刑 (public execution by burning at the stake) · nn autodafé (public execution by burning at the stake) · ro autodafé (public execution by burning at the stake) · fi autodafee (public execution by burning at the stake) · fr autodafé (public execution by burning at the stake)