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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /osˈsi.d͡ʒe.no/
- Rhymes: -idʒeno
- Hyphenation: os‧sì‧ge‧no
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French oxygène. By surface analysis, ossi- (“oxy-”) + -geno (“-gen”).
Noun
ossigeno m (plural ossigeni)
- (chemistry) oxygen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ossigeno
- first-person singular present indicative of ossigenare
Further reading
- ossigeno in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- ossigeno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ossigeno in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- ossigeno in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ossìgeno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- ossìgeno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana