aurífice

See also: aurifice

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aurificem. Doublet of ourives.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈɾi.fi.si/ [aʊ̯ˈɾi.fi.si]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈɾi.fi.se/ [aʊ̯ˈɾi.fi.se]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /awˈɾi.fi.sɨ/

Hyphenation: au‧rí‧fi‧ce

Noun

aurífice m or f by sense (plural aurífices)

goldsmith (person who forges things out of gold)
Synonym: ourives

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