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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French autodidacte, from Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος (autodídaktos), derived from αὐτός (autós, “self”) + the root of διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaw.to.diˈdat.ta/
- Rhymes: -atta
- Hyphenation: au‧to‧di‧dàt‧ta
Noun
autodidatta m or f by sense (masculine plural autodidatti, feminine plural autodidatte)
- autodidact, self-taught person, automath
Derived terms
Further reading
- autodidatta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana