pagode

pagode (plural pagodes)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of pagod
   • 1583, Ralph Fitch, Voyage to Ormus, and so to Goa in the East India, in John Pinkerton (ed.), A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1811,

     And the house wherein his Pagode or idol standeth, is covered with tiles of silver, and all the walls are gilded with gold.

2. (obsolete) A pagoda sleeve.

pagode c (singular definite pagoden, plural indefinite pagoder)

1. (Buddhism) pagoda

• “pagode” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Portuguese pagode.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaːˈɣoː.də/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧go‧de
• Rhymes: -oːdə

pagode f (plural pagodes)

1. (Buddhism, architecture) pagoda

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɡɔd/

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pagode f (plural pagodes)

1. (Buddhism, architecture) pagoda

• “pagode” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

pagode f

1. plural of pagoda

pagode m (definite singular pagoden, indefinite plural pagoder, definite plural pagodene)

1. (architecture, Buddhism) pagoda

From Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, “goddess”), via Tamil.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ˈɣɔ.ðɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈɡɔ.d͡ʒi/

• Hyphenation: pa‧go‧de

pagode m (plural pagodes)

1. (music) a subgenre of samba music
2. (architecture, Buddhism) pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves)
   • 1720, Rafael Bluteau, Vocabulario Portuguez, & Latino, Officina de Pascoal da Sylva, page 185:

     Dizem que no Reyno de Golgonda ha hum pagode […] onde os Gentios fazem a ſua oração

     It's said that in the Golkonda Kingdom there is a pagoda […] where the gentiles pray

3. (historical) pagoda (Indian unit of currency)
   • 1720, Rafael Bluteau, Vocabulario Portuguez, & Latino, Officina de Pascoal da Sylva, page 185:

     Tambem he moeda de ouro […] que o Gentio da India fabrica, […] foy chamada pagode.

     It is also (the name of) a gold coin […] minted by the Indian gentiles, […] it was named pagoda.

4. spree

• (building): templo

• French: pagode
• English: pagoda
• Spanish: pagoda