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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin pyreticus, from Ancient Greek πυρετικός (puretikós, “febrile”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈrɛ.ti.ko/
- Rhymes: -ɛtiko
- Hyphenation: pi‧rè‧ti‧co
Adjective
piretico (feminine piretica, masculine plural piretici, feminine plural piretiche)
- (medicine) pyrexial, pyrexic, pyretic
Further reading
- piretico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- piretico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- pirètico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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