despautério

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Despautère, Frenchified surname of J. van Pauteren, Flemish grammarian. Per the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica [1], French students were compelled to learn Latin from clumsy abridgments of van Pauteren's Latin grammar "which, in its original folio editions of 1537–1538, was an excellent work".

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pawˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [des.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /des.pawˈtɛ.ɾju/ [des.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾju], /d͡ʒis.pawˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [d͡ʒis.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.pawˈtɛ.ɾju/ [d͡ʒis.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾju]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.pawˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [deʃ.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /deʃ.pawˈtɛ.ɾju/ [deʃ.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾju], /d͡ʒiʃ.pawˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [d͡ʒiʃ.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃ.pawˈtɛ.ɾju/ [d͡ʒiʃ.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾju]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pawˈtɛ.ɾi.o/ [des.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /des.pawˈtɛ.ɾjo/ [des.paʊ̯ˈtɛ.ɾjo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.pawˈtɛ.ɾju/

Noun

despautério m (plural despautérios)

  1. nonsense, stupidity
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tolice

Further reading

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