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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rapˈpɔr.to/
- Rhymes: -ɔrto
- Hyphenation: rap‧pòr‧to
Etymology 1
Deverbal from rapportare + -o.
Noun
rapporto m (plural rapporti)
- report, statement, account
- Synonyms: resoconto, rendiconto, relazione
- connection, relation, relationship, correlation
- Synonyms: attinenza, connessione, relazione, vincolo
- sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex
- Synonyms: atto sessuale, coito, rapporto sessuale
- (mathematics, sciences) ratio
- Synonyms: quoziente, quoto
- gear (of a bicycle)
- respect, reference
- Synonym: riferimento
- in rapporto a ― with respect to, with reference to
Etymology 2
Verb
rapporto
- first-person singular present indicative of rapportare
Further reading
- rapporto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana