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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin silentiārus, from silentium (“silence”), from sileō (“to be silent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.lenˈt͡sja.rjo/
- Rhymes: -arjo
- Hyphenation: si‧len‧zià‧rio
Noun
silenziario m (plural silenziari)
- (in Roman Antiquity) a domestic servant (usually a slave) who stood about his master, charged with seeing to it that no noise etc. disturbed him while resting or working