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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)
- to swallow
Conjugation
References
- ^ “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