altaleno

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See also: altalenò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.taˈle.no/, /al.taˈlɛ.no/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eno, -ɛno
  • Hyphenation: al‧ta‧lé‧no, al‧ta‧lè‧no

Etymology 1

From alto (“high”) + Latin tollēnō (“swing-beam, derrick”), from tollere (“to lift”).

Noun

altaleno m (plural altaleni)

  1. well sweep (device with a pole for lifting buckets of water out of a well)
    Synonym: mazzacavallo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

altaleno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of altalenare

References

  1. ^ altalena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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