palafrém

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese palafré, palafrén (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Occitan palafré, from Old French palefrei, from Late Latin paraverēdus (“post horse, spare horse”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.laˈfɾẽj̃/ [pa.laˈfɾẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.lɐˈfɾɐ̃j̃/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃, (Brazil) -ẽj̃

Noun

palafrém m (plural palafréns)

  1. (historical) palfrey (small horse popular in the Middle Ages)

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