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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzdra.jo/
- Rhymes: -ajo
- Hyphenation: sdrà‧io
Etymology 1
Ellipsis of sedia a sdraio. (keeping the feminine gender of sedia), where sdraio is deverbal from sdraiarsi (“to lie down”). The alternative form sdraia undergoes a change in the ending to match the gender. The alternative form's plural sdraie also became the plural of sdraio for some speakers, to solve the ambiguity of invariability.
Noun
sdraio f (usually invariable, plural (informal) sdraie)
- (furniture) deck chair
- Synonym: sedia a sdraio
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sdraio
- first-person singular present indicative of sdraiare