ataúde

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese ataude (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic التَابُوت (at-tābūt). Compare Portuguese ataúde and Spanish ataúd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ataˈuðɪ]

Noun

ataúde m (plural ataúdes)

1. coffin
   • 1257, A. Martínez Salazar (ed.), Documentos gallegos de los siglos XIII al XVI. A Coruña: Casa de la Misericordia, page 25:

     a sua morte deuesmola leuar a Sobrado en ataude cum cubertura de IIj uaras destanforth uermello

     at her death we must carry her to Sobrado in a coffin with a cover of two yards of red Stamford

   Synonyms: caixão, cadaleito, caixa, féretro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ataude”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ataude”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ataúde”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ataúde”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ataúde”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic التَابُوت (at-tābūt). Compare Spanish ataúd (“coffin”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.taˈu.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.taˈu.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.taˈu.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɐˈu.dɨ/ [ɐ.tɐˈu.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -udʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧ta‧ú‧de

Noun

ataúde m (plural ataúdes)

1. coffin

   Synonyms: caixão, féretro

2. bier, hearse
3. tomb

   Synonym: tumba

Further reading

• “ataúde”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024