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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēfluere (“to flow, run down”), with change of conjugation. By surface analysis, de- + fluire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.fluˈi.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: de‧flu‧ì‧re
Verb
defluìre (first-person singular present defluìsco, first-person singular past historic defluìi, past participle defluìto, auxiliary èssere)
- (intransitive) to flow
Conjugation
Further reading
- deflüire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana