contessere

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin contexere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtɛs.se.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛssere
  • Hyphenation: con‧tès‧se‧re

Verb

contèssere (first-person singular present contèsso, first-person singular past historic contessétti or (traditional) contessètti, past participle contessùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, transitive) to interweave
    Synonym: intrecciare
  2. (literary, figurative, transitive) to put together
    Synonym: comporre

Conjugation

Further reading

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