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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōrātōrem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.raˈto.re/
- Rhymes: -ore
- Hyphenation: o‧ra‧tó‧re
Noun
oratore m (plural oratori, feminine oratrice)
- speaker, orator
c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Discussioni sulla preminenza della Pittura”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 140:Move più presto li sensi la Pittura che la Poesia. E se tu dirai che co’ le parole tu leverai un popolo in pianto o in riso; io ti dirò che non sei tu che muove, egli è l’oratore, e è una scienzia che non è Poesia.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (archaic) prayer (one who prays)
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
ōrātōre
- ablative singular of ōrātor