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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkja.vi/
- Rhymes: -avi
- Hyphenation: chià‧vi
Noun
chiavi f pl
- plural of chiave
Verb
chiavi
- inflection of chiavare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Sicilian
- ciavi (alternative speling)
Etymology
From Latin clāvis, clāvem (“key”). Cognate with Italian chiave.
Noun
chiavi f (plural chiavi)
- key (for locks)
- spanner, wrench
- chiavi masculina ― hex head wrench (literally, “male wrench”)
- chiavi fimminina ― ring spanner, ring wrench (literally, “female wrench”)
- (music) clef
- (cryptography) key (for encoding or decoding)
- (equestrianism) metal ring the reins go through (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (weaving) one of the horizontal wooden rods in the frame of a loom (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (architecture) keystone
- In full: chiavi di l'arcu
- a long wooden or metal rod placed in the extremity of a chain to keep it tight (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- In full: chiavi di catini
- (music) key (to select notes in wind instruments)
Descendants
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “chiavi”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 821–822