elemosina

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.leˈmɔ.zi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɔzina
  • Hyphenation: e‧le‧mò‧si‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē). Compare the inherited counterpart limosina, now archaic.

Alternative forms

Noun

elemosina f (plural elemosine)

  1. charity
  2. (in the plural) alms
Descendants
  • → Romanian: elemozină

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

elemosina

  1. inflection of elemosinare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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