impiccolire

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Italian

Etymology

From im- +‎ piccolo +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.pik.koˈli.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: im‧pic‧co‧lì‧re

Verb

impiccolìre (first-person singular present impiccolìsco, first-person singular past historic impiccolìi, past participle impiccolìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to make smaller, to reduce, to shrink
  2. (intransitive) to become smaller, to shrink

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Further reading

  • impiccolire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana