Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
palavra-vedeta
English translation:
entry word
Added to glossary by
lexical
Jan 6, 2016 16:48
8 yrs ago
Portuguese term
palavra-vedeta
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
dictionary definitions
This word occurs in the catalogue of a publisher of materials for the teaching of Portuguese as a Foreign Language. Here's the context:
"Na elaboração de dicionários bilingues, o que é consagrado é a apresentação da **palavra-vedeta** e o seu correspondente na língua-alvo. No entanto, neste dicionário, optou-se, para todos os empréstimos do português, por apresentar a definição da palavra, como se de um dicionário monolingue se tratasse, seguida da palavra tal como foi tomada pelo tétum."
I have no idea what they are trying to say. I even wonder if it's a malapropism for "visada".
Grateful for any suggestions.
"Na elaboração de dicionários bilingues, o que é consagrado é a apresentação da **palavra-vedeta** e o seu correspondente na língua-alvo. No entanto, neste dicionário, optou-se, para todos os empréstimos do português, por apresentar a definição da palavra, como se de um dicionário monolingue se tratasse, seguida da palavra tal como foi tomada pelo tétum."
I have no idea what they are trying to say. I even wonder if it's a malapropism for "visada".
Grateful for any suggestions.
Proposed translations
(English)
2 | entry word | Mario Freitas |
4 +1 | key entry | Muriel Vasconcellos |
2 | headword | Matheus Chaud |
1 | keyword | Richard Purdom |
Proposed translations
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entry word
Sugestão
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
50 mins
keyword
you're going to have to get back to your client I reckon, but it might be this.
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/about/oxford3000
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-01-06 18:48:00 GMT)
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I am saying that palavra-vedeta (star word) MIGHT mean 'keyword' (that's my answer!) The link shows Oxford using it to describe the 300 important words for basic English.
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/about/oxford3000
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-01-06 18:48:00 GMT)
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I am saying that palavra-vedeta (star word) MIGHT mean 'keyword' (that's my answer!) The link shows Oxford using it to describe the 300 important words for basic English.
Note from asker:
Richard, I don't understand your link. Are you saying "palavra-vedeta" means "Oxford 3000"? Surely not? Have you followed the link? |
Ah, I see now. My mistake, sorry. |
+1
21 hrs
key entry
Examples:
www.jstor.org/stable/471260JSTOR
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kdictionaries.com/kdn/kdn16/kdn1606magi.html... are many derivatives under a single entry, the index is relevant for supporting the significance of the **key entry.** ... English-Estonian Semi-Bilingual Dictionary.
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Download ebook Commercial Trucking Bilingual Dictionary EnglishSpanish ..... **Each key entry has a sample sentence** in the form of a Sentence Completion ...
www.jstor.org/stable/471260JSTOR
Appleton's Revised English-Spanish '& Spanish-English Dictionary. By .... **Under the key entry green we find the sub-entry green sand** which is glossed "(no ...
kdictionaries.com/kdn/kdn16/kdn1606magi.html... are many derivatives under a single entry, the index is relevant for supporting the significance of the **key entry.** ... English-Estonian Semi-Bilingual Dictionary.
https://sites.google.com/.../downloads-columbia-act-rhyming-...
Download ebook Commercial Trucking Bilingual Dictionary EnglishSpanish ..... **Each key entry has a sample sentence** in the form of a Sentence Completion ...
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
26 mins
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Thanks, Karen!
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1 hr
headword
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/headword?s=t
"a word, phrase, or the like, appearing as the heading of a chapter, dictionary or encyclopedia entry, etc."
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Note added at 2 horas (2016-01-06 19:27:42 GMT)
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Sorry, lexical, I thought about it but I forgot to mention my rationale for my suggestion:
Since "vedeta" means the main star, the main actor, etc., I think "palavra vedeta" probably means "the main word", "the main entry", which in dictionaries are usually referred to as "headword".
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Note added at 22 horas (2016-01-07 15:20:56 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headword
"A headword, head word, lemma, or sometimes catchword is the word under which a set of related **dictionary** or encyclopaedia entries appear."
https://www.wordnik.com/words/headword
A word, phrase, or name, usually set in boldface or other distinctive type, that serves as the heading for an entry in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or similar reference work.
The Chambers Dictionary
https://books.google.com.br/books?isbn=8186062254
Order of entries. All entries are listed alphabetically, each entry having as a basic pattern the following elements: (1) Headword...
"a word, phrase, or the like, appearing as the heading of a chapter, dictionary or encyclopedia entry, etc."
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Note added at 2 horas (2016-01-06 19:27:42 GMT)
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Sorry, lexical, I thought about it but I forgot to mention my rationale for my suggestion:
Since "vedeta" means the main star, the main actor, etc., I think "palavra vedeta" probably means "the main word", "the main entry", which in dictionaries are usually referred to as "headword".
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Note added at 22 horas (2016-01-07 15:20:56 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headword
"A headword, head word, lemma, or sometimes catchword is the word under which a set of related **dictionary** or encyclopaedia entries appear."
https://www.wordnik.com/words/headword
A word, phrase, or name, usually set in boldface or other distinctive type, that serves as the heading for an entry in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or similar reference work.
The Chambers Dictionary
https://books.google.com.br/books?isbn=8186062254
Order of entries. All entries are listed alphabetically, each entry having as a basic pattern the following elements: (1) Headword...
Note from asker:
Matheus, that may very well be the case, but where is the trail of evidence leading you from "palavra-vedeta" to "headword"? |
Discussion
Bruno Henriques de Almeida Seara era brasileiro, do Pará: https://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Autor:Bruno_Seabra
O Houaiss 2009 diz: vedeta, mesmo que vedete (a mulher). E é claro que vedete não pode ter feminino, porque já é feminino.
https://www.google.com.br/?gws_rd=ssl#q=vedeta&tbm=bks
Mas, mesmo se for "vedete", não faria sentido algum no contexto.
Outra opção seria "vendeta" ou "vindeta", no sentido de "palavra de vinda", uma vez que se trata do termo de origem a ser traduzido. Ainda assim, seria uma invenção escalafobética do autor.