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incunábulo

Portuguese, noun/ĩ.kuˈna.bu.lu/

incunábulo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “incunable; incunabulum (very early type of printed book)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “início, começo”.

What does incunábulo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineincunable; incunabulum (very early type of printed book)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-dos primeiros livros impressos com tipos móveis

noun: 1. início, começo

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 incunábulo

  • incunábulos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce incunábulo?

  • Brazil /ĩ.kuˈna.bu.lu/
  • Portugal /ĩ.kuˈna.bu.lu/
  • Portugal [ĩ.kuˈna.βu.lu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.