turíbulo

From Latin thūribulum (“censer”), equivalent to thūs, thūris (“incense”) (from Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”)) + -bulum (instrumental suffix).

• Rhymes: -ibulu
• Hyphenation: tu‧rí‧bu‧lo

turíbulo m (plural turíbulos)

1. censer; thurible (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

   Synonym: incensário

• “turíbulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “turíbulo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “turíbulo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “turíbulo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “turíbulo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “turíbulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin tūribulum (“incense pan, censer”), from tūs (“incense, frankincense”), from Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”).

• IPA^(key): /tuˈɾibulo/ [t̪uˈɾi.β̞u.lo]
• Rhymes: -ibulo
• Syllabification: tu‧rí‧bu‧lo

turíbulo m (plural turíbulos)

1. censer, thurible

   Synonym: incensario

• “turíbulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024