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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan carreira or its variants (compare modern Occitan carrièra, also French carrière), from Late Latin carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare the inherited doublet carraia, now archaic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /karˈrjɛ.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɛra
- Hyphenation: car‧riè‧ra
Noun
carriera f (plural carriere)
- career
- the fastest gait (both senses)
mi passò accanto di gran carriera- he passed me by in a fast gait
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