auto-da-fé

See also: autodafé, auto-da-fe, auto da fe, and auto da fé

English

Noun

auto-da-fé (plural auto-da-fés or autos-da-fé)

  1. Alternative spelling of auto da fe.
    • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 26:
      The taste was of sweetened silt and arabica beans that hadn't been gently roasted so much as charred to death in their very own auto-da-fé.

Anagrams

French

Noun

auto-da-fé m (plural auto-da-fés)

  1. alternative spelling of autodafé
    • 1759, Voltaire, Candide, page 19:
      Comment on fit un bel auto-da-fé pour empêcher les tremblements de terre, et comment Candide fut fessé.
      'How we made a beautiful auto-da-fé to prevent earthquakes, and how Candide was spanked.

Italian

Noun

auto-da-fé m (invariable)

  1. alternative spelling of autodafé
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