auto-da-fé

See also: autodafé, auto-da-fe, auto da fe, and auto da fé

English

Noun

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

1. Alternative spelling of auto da fe
   • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 26:

     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.

Anagrams

• autofade

French

Noun

auto-da-fé m (plural auto-da-fés)

1. Alternative spelling of autodafé
   • 1759, Voltaire, Candide, page 19:

     Comment on fit un bel auto-da-fé pour empêcher les tremblements de terre, et comment Candide fut fessé.

     'How we made a beautiful auto-da-fé to prevent earthquakes, and how Candide was spanked.

Italian

Noun

auto-da-fé m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of autodafé