pagode

See also: Pagode

English

Noun

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.

Danish

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pagode

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From Portuguese pagode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæˈɡoːðə/

Noun

pagode c (singular definite pagoden, plural indefinite pagoder)

1. (Buddhism) pagoda

Declension

Declension of pagode

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pagode	pagoden	pagoder	pagoderne
genitive	pagodes	pagodens	pagoders	pagodernes

References

• “pagode” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pagode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpaːˈɣoː.də/

• Audio:

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

Noun

pagode f (plural pagodes, no diminutive)

1. (Buddhism, architecture) pagoda

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɡɔd/

• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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Noun

pagode f (plural pagodes)

1. (Buddhism, architecture) pagoda

Further reading

• “pagode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Noun

pagode f (plural pagodis)

1. (Buddhism, architecture) pagoda

Italian

Noun

pagode f

1. plural of pagoda

Norwegian Bokmål

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pagode

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Noun

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

1. (architecture, Buddhism) pagoda

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

pagode

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Borrowed from Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti), from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, “goddess”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɡɔ.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɡɔ.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈɡɔ.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɡɔ.dɨ/ [pɐˈɣɔ.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔd͡ʒi, (Portugal) -ɔdɨ
• Hyphenation: pa‧go‧de

Noun

pagode m (plural pagodes)

1. (music) a subgenre of samba music
2. (architecture, Buddhism) pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves)
   • 1720, Rafael Bluteau, “pagode”, in Vocabulario Portuguez e Latino [Portuguese and Latin Vocabulary]‎, volume 6, Lisbon: Pascoal da Sylva, page 185, column 1:

     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, “pagode”, in Vocabulario Portuguez e Latino [Portuguese and Latin Vocabulary]‎, volume 6, Lisbon: Pascoal da Sylva, page 185, column 1:

     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

Synonyms

• (building): templo

Descendants

• → Catalan: pagoda
• → French: pagode
• → English: pagoda
• → German: Pagode
• → Spanish: pagoda

Further reading

• “pagode”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pagode”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025