gregario

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Italian

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Etymology

From Latin gregārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡreˈɡa.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -arjo
  • Hyphenation: gre‧gà‧rio

Adjective

gregario (feminine gregaria, masculine plural gregari, feminine plural gregarie)

  1. pertaining or relative to a follower; unable of showing any enterprise or autonomy
    atteggiamento gregariofollower's attitude
  2. (of an animal) living in flocks, packs or likes
  3. with many specimina growing in the same place (of a plant)

Noun

gregario m (plural gregari, feminine gregaria)

  1. grunt (infantry soldier)
  2. (by extension, derogatory) one who passively follows other's instructions, never acting on their own; a follower; a lemming
    Synonyms: seguace, subalterno
    Essere un semplice gregario.To be nothing but a follower.
  3. (cycling) domestique

Further reading

  • gregario in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • gregàrio in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

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Latin

Adjective

gregāriō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of gregārius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gregārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɾeˈɡaɾjo/
  • Rhymes: -aɾjo
  • Syllabification: gre‧ga‧rio

Adjective

gregario (feminine gregaria, masculine plural gregarios, feminine plural gregarias)

  1. gregarious, sociable

Noun

gregario m (plural gregarios, feminine gregaria, feminine plural gregarias)

  1. (cycling) domestique

Further reading