Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

coletânea

English translation:

collection

Added to glossary by Henrique Serra
Nov 12, 2003 12:50
20 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

coletânea

Portuguese to English Other
o disco que reúne as melhores musicas de um cantor...

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collection

simples assim
Peer comment(s):

neutral Daniel Marcus : Sorry, Henrique. You wouldn't say 'X is releasing a collection next month.' OK, you could get away with it, but compilation is clearly the right term.
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album

:) Do Heritage:

al·bum (²l“b…m) n. 1. A book with blank pages for the insertion and preservation of collections, as of stamps, photographs, or autographs. 2.a. A set of phonograph records stored together in jackets under one binding. b. The holder for such records. c. One or more 12-inch long-playing records in a slipcase. d. A phonograph record. e. A recording of different musical pieces. 3. A printed collection of musical compositions, pictures, or literary selections. 4. A tall, handsomely printed book, popular especially in the 19th century, often having profuse illustrations and short, sentimental texts. [Latin, blank tablet, from neuter of albus, white. See albho- below.]
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albho-. Important derivatives are: elf, oaf, albino, album, auburn, daub.
albho-. White. 1.a. ELF, from Old English ælf, elf; b. OAF, from Old Norse alfr, elf; c. OBERON, from Old French Auberon, from a source akin to Old High German Alberich. a, b, and c all possibly from Germanic *albiz, *albaz, if meaning “white ghostly apparitions.” 2. ELFIN, from Old English -elfen, elf, possibly from Germanic *albinj½. 3. ABELE, ALB, ALBEDO, ALBESCENT, ALBINO, ALBITE, ALBUM, ALBUMEN, AUBADE, AUBURN; DAUB, from Latin albus, white. [Pokorny albho- 30.]
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Portuguese term (edited): colet�nea

COMPILATION!!!

too late I know, but compilation is the generic term used.
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