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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Sibylla, from Ancient Greek Σίβυλλα (Síbulla).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈbil.la/
- Rhymes: -illa
- Hyphenation: si‧bìl‧la
Noun
sibilla f (plural sibille)
- (mythology) sibyl
- (by extension) prophetess
- Synonym: indovina
Derived terms
Further reading
- sibilla in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- sibilla in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- sibilla in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- sibilla in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- sibilla in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- sibilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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