alfarrábio

See also: alfarrabio

Portuguese
FWOTD – 24 May 2013
Alfarrábios

Alternative forms

Etymology

Named after Turkestani philosopher الـفارابی (Al-Fārābī) (c. 872–c. 951).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.faˈʁa.bi.u/ [aʊ̯.faˈha.bɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aw.faˈʁa.bju/ [aʊ̯.faˈha.bju]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aw.faˈʁa.bi.u/ [aʊ̯.faˈχa.bɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /aw.faˈʁa.bju/ [aʊ̯.faˈχa.bju]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.faˈʁa.bi.o/ [aʊ̯.faˈha.bɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /aw.faˈʁa.bjo/ [aʊ̯.faˈha.bjo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.fɐˈʁa.bju/ [aɫ.fɐˈʁa.βju]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -abiu, (Portugal) -abju
  • Hyphenation: al‧far‧rá‧bi‧o

Noun

alfarrábio m (plural alfarrábios)

  1. a large and old book
    Synonym: tomo
    • 2002, Frederico Ozanam Pessoa de Barros (translator), Os miseráveis, Casa da Palavra, translated from the original (1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, A. Lacroix), page 118:
      Quando às vezes lhe acontecia dizer, coisa que todos nós já fizemos: — Oh! se eu fosse rico! — não era jamais ao ver uma bela rapariga, como costumava fazer o avô Gillenormand, mas ao contemplar um alfarrábio.
      When it sometimes happened to him to say, something we have all done: — Oh! if I were rich! — it wasn’t ever when seeing a beautiful girl, as grandfather Gillenormand used to, but when contemplating an old tome.

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