candire

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: can‧dì‧re

Etymology 1

From candi (candied) +‎ -ire (3rd-conjugation verbal suffix).

Verb

candìre (first-person singular present candìsco, first-person singular past historic candìi, past participle candìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to candy (to preserve fruit by boiling in syrup)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Latin candēre (to shine, gleam white), from Proto-Italic *kandēō, from Proto-Indo-European *kand- (to shine, glow).

Verb

candìre (first-person singular present candìsco, first-person singular past historic candìi, past participle candìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, archaic or literary) to blanch, to whiten
    Synonym: imbiancare
Conjugation

Further reading

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

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