sfiammare

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfjamˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfiam‧mà‧re

Etymology 1

From s- (de-, un-, prefix expressing opposition) +‎ (in)fiammare (to inflame).

Verb

sfiammàre (first-person singular present sfiàmmo, first-person singular past historic sfiammài, past participle sfiammàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to make uninflamed
    Antonym: infiammare
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Etymology 2

From s- (prefix expressing derivation) +‎ fiamma (flame) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Verb

sfiammàre (first-person singular present sfiàmmo, first-person singular past historic sfiammài, past participle sfiammàto, auxiliary avére) (uncommon)

  1. (intransitive) to flame (to burn with a flame)
    • 1615, Taddeo Bartolini, La celeste mensa di dodici spirituali vivande, page 164:
      E il puro cor, che accenso
      Esser si trova di divina fiamma,
      S’opra, ò riposa ogn’hor scintilla, et sfiamma
      And the pure heart, which finds itself lightened with a divine flame, it acts or rests, it always sparks and flames
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Further reading

  • sfiammare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • sfiammare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana