assorto

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin absorptus, perfect passive participle of absorbeō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

assorto (feminine assorta, masculine plural assorti, feminine plural assorte)

  1. (usually followed by in) engrossed, absorbed
Derived terms

Participle

assorto (feminine assorta, masculine plural assorti, feminine plural assorte)

  2. (archaic or poetic) past participle of assorbire (“to absorb, soak up; to assimilate”)

Etymology 2

Past participle of assorgere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asˈsor.to/, /asˈsɔr.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -orto, -ɔrto
  • Hyphenation: as‧sór‧to, as‧sòr‧to

Participle

assorto (feminine assorta, masculine plural assorti, feminine plural assorte)

  2. past participle of assorgere (“to rise”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 assorto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • assorto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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