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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)
- (transitive) to make smaller, to reduce, to shrink
- (intransitive) to become smaller, to shrink
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
Further reading
- impiccolire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana