appretto

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See also: apprettò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apˈpret.to/, (traditional) /apˈprɛt.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -etto, (traditional) -ɛtto
  • Hyphenation: ap‧prét‧to, (traditional) ap‧prèt‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French apprêt, deverbal of apprêter (“to prepare; to starch (fabric)”).

Noun

appretto m (plural appretti)

  1. starch (when used for laundry purposes)

Etymology 2

Verb

appretto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of apprettare

References

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

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