corifeu

Learned borrowing from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.ɾiˈfɛw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ko.ɾiˈfɛw]

corifeu m (plural corifeus)

1. (Ancient Greece) coryphaeus
2. (figurative) leader, spokesperson

• “corifeu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

• Rhymes: -ew
• Hyphenation: co‧ri‧feu

Learned borrowing from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”).

corifeu m (plural corifeus, feminine corifeia, feminine plural corifeias)

1. (Ancient Greece, drama, historical) coryphaeus (leader of the chorus of a drama)
2. coryphaeus (the chief or leader of an interest or party)

Borrowed from French coryphée, from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”). Spelling influenced by Etymology 1.

corifeu m (plural corifeus)

1. (ballet) coryphée

• “corifeu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “corifeu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “corifeu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French coryphée.

corifeu m (plural corifei)

1. (Ancient Greece) leader of the ancient Greek chorus, coryphaeus