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Italian
Etymology
From abit(are) + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.biˈtan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: a‧bi‧tàn‧te
Participle
abitante (plural abitanti)
- present participle of abitare: inhabiting
Noun
abitante m or f by sense (plural abitanti)
- inhabitant
mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XX”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 82–84; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:Quindi passando la vergine cruda
vide terra, nel mezzo del pantano,
sanza coltura e d’abitanti nuda.- Passing that way the virgin pitiless land in the middle of the fen descried, untilled and naked of inhabitants.
- denizen
- occupant
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Further reading
- abitante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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