corifeo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin coryphaeus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.riˈfɛ.o/
- Rhymes: -ɛo
- Hyphenation: co‧ri‧fè‧o
Noun
corifeo m (plural corifei, feminine corifea)
Further reading
- corifeo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin coryphaeus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾiˈfeo/ [ko.ɾiˈfe.o]
- Rhymes: -eo
- Syllabification: co‧ri‧fe‧o
Noun
corifeo m (plural corifeos, feminine corifea, feminine plural corifeas)
- follower
- 2017 March 7, “Pacto para consolidar la unidad [Agreement to consolidate unity]”, in El Nacional[1]:
- Ese acuerdo, tergiversado de mala fe por Chávez y sus corifeos, nació para corregir el error histórico de la confrontación entre demócratas que acabó con el primer ensayo democrático de nuestra historia.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- lead, guide
- coryphaeus
Further reading
- “corifeo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024