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Italian
Etymology
From galla + -eggiare. Cognate with Piedmontese galegé.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡal.ledˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: gal‧leg‧già‧re
Verb
galleggiàre (first-person singular present galléggio, first-person singular past historic galleggiài, past participle galleggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to tread water; to float
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Further reading
- galleggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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