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Italian
Etymology
From Latin circumscrībere, from circum (“around”) + scrībō (“to write”) (compare scrivere).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.koˈskri.ve.re/
- Rhymes: -ivere
- Hyphenation: cir‧co‧scrì‧ve‧re
Verb
circoscrìvere (first-person singular present circoscrìvo, first-person singular past historic circoscrìssi, past participle circoscrìtto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (transitive) to circumscribe, encompass
- (transitive) to mark out
- (transitive) to contain, confine
Conjugation