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Italian
Etymology
Formerly explained as a loan from Medieval Latin agibilem,[1] a cognate with English and French agible (“doable”, archaic), but Old Italian usage indicate that it is rather indigenously derived from agio (“ease”) + -evole.[2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈd͡ʒe.vo.le/
- Rhymes: -evole
- Hyphenation: a‧gé‧vo‧le
Adjective
agevole (plural agevoli)
- easy
- Antonyms: disagevole, malagevole
- smooth (road surface, etc.)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- agevole in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- agevole in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- agevole in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- agévole in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication