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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)
- (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)
- (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