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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French guigner, from Frankish *wingjan, from Proto-Germanic *winkaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiɲˈɲa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ghi‧gnà‧re
Verb
ghignàre (first-person singular present ghìgno, first-person singular past historic ghignài, past participle ghignàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to sneer
- (intransitive) to laugh derisively
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Further reading
- ghignare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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