auto-da-fé
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]auto-da-fé (plural auto-da-fés or autos-da-fé)
- 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.
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[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]auto-da-fé m (plural auto-da-fés)
- 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]auto-da-fé m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of autodafé
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