Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auto-da-fé

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: au-to--da-fe
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of auto da fe.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

auto-da-fés (plural) autos-da-fé (plural)

Questions

What does auto-da-fé mean?: Alternative spelling of auto da fe.

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