febo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Phoebus, the "radiant one", epithet of Apollo, the Greco-Roman god of the Sun, light, and the arts.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.bu/ [ˈfe.βu]

• Hyphenation: fe‧bo

Adjective

febo (feminine feba, masculine plural febos, feminine plural febas)

1. (poetic) sun

   Synonym: sol

Related terms

• febeu

Further reading

• “febo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “febo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024