palafrém

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palafrém

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese palafré, palafrén (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Occitan palafré, from Old French palefrei, from Late Latin paraverēdus (“post horse, spare horse”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈfɾẽj̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.lɐˈfɾɐ̃j̃/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃, (Brazil) -ẽj̃

Noun

palafrém m (plural palafréns)

(historical) palfrey (small horse popular in the Middle Ages)

Further reading

“palafrém”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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