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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin illegitimus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /il.leˈd͡ʒit.ti.mo/
- Rhymes: -ittimo
- Hyphenation: il‧le‧gìt‧ti‧mo
Adjective
illegittimo (feminine illegittima, masculine plural illegittimi, feminine plural illegittime)
- illegitimate, unlawful, illegal, unjustified, arbitrary
- Synonyms: illegale, arbitrario, ingiusto
- Antonym: legittimo
Derived terms
Noun
illegittimo m (plural illegittimi, feminine illegittima)
- illegitimate child
Further reading
- illegittimo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana