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Ido
Pronunciation
Verb
imperito
- singular nominal past passive participle of imperar
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imperītus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + perito (“skilled, able”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.peˈri.to/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Hyphenation: im‧pe‧rì‧to
Adjective
imperito (feminine imperita, masculine plural imperiti, feminine plural imperite)
- (literary) inexperienced, unskilled
- Synonyms: incapace, incompetente, inesperto, inetto
- Antonyms: capace, competente, esperto, perito, pratico, preparato, provetto
Derived terms
Further reading
- imperito in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- imperito in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- imperito in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- imperito in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- imperito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From imperō (“command”).
Pronunciation
Verb
imperitō (present infinitive imperitāre, perfect active imperitāvī, supine imperitātum); first conjugation
- to command, govern, rule
- Synonyms: dominor, imperō, gerō, moderor, rēgnō, regō, ōrdinō, magistrō
Usage notes
- There are instances of impersonal passive meaning.
Conjugation
References
- “imperito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “imperito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- imperito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imperītus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impeˈɾito/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: im‧pe‧ri‧to
Adjective
imperito (feminine imperita, masculine plural imperitos, feminine plural imperitas)
- inexperienced
- Synonym: inexperto
Further reading