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Italian
Etymology
From Latin prōferre (“to bring out, bring forth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro.feˈri.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: pro‧fe‧rì‧re
Verb
proferìre (first-person singular present proferìsco, first-person singular past historic proferìi, past participle proferìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to utter, to pronounce, to express (words, a judgment, a condemnation, etc.)
- (transitive) to offer, to propose
- Synonym: (more common in this sense) profferire
Usage notes
- Irregular forms such as past historic proffèrsi and past participle proffèrto are common especially in the meaning "to offer, to propose". Properly these come from the variant form profferire.
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