deglutire

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See also: deglutiré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dēgluttīre (to swallow), from Latin gluttiō.[1] Cognate to Italian inghiottire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.ɡluˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: de‧glu‧tì‧re

Verb

deglutìre (first-person singular present deglutìsco, first-person singular past historic deglutìi, past participle deglutìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive or intransitive)

  1. to swallow

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ “deglutire” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Further reading

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