embricare

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin imbricāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /em.briˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: em‧bri‧cà‧re

Verb

embricàre (first-person singular present émbrico or èmbrico, first-person singular past historic embricài, past participle embricàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to cover with roof tiles
  2. (figurative) to overlap in the manner of roof tiles

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Further reading

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