palafrém

Portuguese

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/ [pa.laˈfɾẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.lɐˈfɾɐ̃j̃/

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

Noun

palafrém m (plural palafréns)

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

Further reading

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