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Italian
Etymology
Uncertain, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *invāgīnāre, from vāgīna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am.majˈna.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: am‧mai‧nà‧re
Verb
ammainàre (first-person singular present ammàino, first-person singular past historic ammainài, past participle ammainàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, nautical) to lower, to strike (a flag)
- ammainare le vele/la bandiera ― to retire (from a company)
- (transitive, nautical) to stow (a sail, etc.)
- (intransitive) to stow the sails
Conjugation
Further reading
- ammainare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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