autoaffondamento

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Italian

Etymology

From auto- (self-) +‎ affondamento (sinking).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaw.to.af.fon.daˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: au‧to‧af‧fon‧da‧mén‧to

Noun

autoaffondamento m (plural autoaffondamenti)

  1. (nautical) scuttling (of a ship)

Further reading

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