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Italian
Etymology
From ra- + doppio + -are.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rad.dopˈpja.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: rad‧dop‧pià‧re
Verb
raddoppiàre (first-person singular present raddóppio, first-person singular past historic raddoppiài, past participle raddoppiàto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (also in the intransitive meanings "to double, to intensify") èssere)
- (transitive) to double, redouble
- (transitive) to duplicate
- (transitive, figurative) to increase, to intensify
- (transitive, linguistics) to reduplicate
- (transitive, music) to double (a note) (to assign a note to two or more parts)
- (transitive, sports) to double (an opponent) (to assign two players to the same opponent)
- (intransitive) to double
- (intransitive, figurative) to increase in strength, to intensify (e.g. of the wind)
- (intransitive, billiards) to score a double shot
- (intransitive, fencing) to make a double strike (on an opponent)
- (intransitive, soccer) to score a second goal
- (intransitive, horseriding) to gallop with the two front legs together, followed by the hindquarters
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References
- ^ raddoppiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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