lesina

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See also: Lesina, lésina, lešina, and leșina

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.zi.na/, (traditional) /ˈle.zi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛzina, (traditional) -ezina
  • Hyphenation: lè‧si‧na, (traditional) lé‧si‧na

Etymology 1

Of Germanic origin: from Frankish *alasnu, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō; cf. *ēlō, whence English awl. Compare also French alêne, Occitan alzena, Catalan alena, Spanish lezna.

Noun

lesina f (plural lesine)

  1. bradawl
  2. stinginess
  3. avarice
Descendants
  • French: lésine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lesina

  1. inflection of lesinare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ lesina in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

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