colofão
Portuguese, noun/ko.loˈfɐ̃w̃/
colofão is spelled C-O-L-O-F-Ã-O (7 letters). Colofão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “colophon (final note with information about the author and the manuscript)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nota deixada no final de manuscritos medievais contendo informações sobre o manuscrito ou o escriba”.
What does colofão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolophon (final note with information about the author and the manuscript)
- 2
masculinecolophon (printer notice at the end of a book)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nota deixada no final de manuscritos medievais contendo informações sobre o manuscrito ou o escriba 2. nota encontrada em livros atuais com a mesma finalidade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colofão
- colofões plural
- cólofon alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colofão?
- Brazil /ko.loˈfɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ko.loˈfɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ku.luˈfɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colofão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.