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auto da fe

/ˈaʊtəʊ də ˈfeɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
au-to -da fe
IPA
/ˈaʊtəʊ də ˈfeɪ/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.

noun

The public execution of those sentences, often by burning at the stake.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

auto da fes (plural) autos da fe (plural) auto de fé (alternative) auto de fe (alternative) auto-de-fé (alternative) auto-de-fe (alternative) auto da fé (alternative) auto-da-fé (alternative) auto-da-fe (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce auto da fe?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaʊtəʊ də ˈfeɪ/.
What does auto da fe mean?
The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.
Where does auto da fe come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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