retentire

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French retentir (to ring).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re.tenˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: re‧ten‧tì‧re

Verb

This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

retentìre (first-person singular present retentìsco, first-person singular past historic retentìi, past participle retentìto, auxiliary avére) (obsolete, poetic)

  1. (intransitive) to resound, to resonate
    Synonym: risuonare

Usage notes

  • The verb is only attested in its present infinitive form.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • retentire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • retentire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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