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Italian
Etymology
From contra- + distinguere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon.trad.diˈstin.ɡwe.re/
- Rhymes: -inɡwere
- Hyphenation: con‧trad‧di‧stìn‧gue‧re
Verb
contraddistìnguere (first-person singular present contraddistìnguo, first-person singular past historic contraddistìnsi, past participle contraddistìnto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to mark, to distinguish with a mark
- to characterize
l'ha sempre contraddistinto uno spiccato ottimismo- he has always been characterized by a particular optimism
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