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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /af.fetˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: af‧fet‧tà‧re
Etymology 1
From Latin affectāre.
Verb
affettàre (first-person singular present affètto, first-person singular past historic affettài, past participle affettàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to affect, to feign (elegance, good taste, an English accent, etc.) in an ostentatious manner
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Etymology 2
From a- + fetta + -are.
Verb
affettàre (first-person singular present affétto, first-person singular past historic affettài, past participle affettàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to slice (bread, meat, etc.)
- to knife (to injure with a knife)
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Further reading
- affettare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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