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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so.stanˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: so‧stan‧tì‧vo
Etymology 1
From Latin (nōmen) substantīvum.
Adjective
sostantivo (feminine sostantiva, masculine plural sostantivi, feminine plural sostantive)
- nominal, substantive
Noun
sostantivo m (plural sostantivi)
- (grammar) noun, substantive
- Synonym: (dated) nome sostantivo
- Hypernym: nome
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sostantivo
- first-person singular present indicative of sostantivare
See also
- (parts of speech) parte del discorso; aggettivo, articolo, avverbio, congiunzione, interiezione/interjezione, nome, nome aggettivo, nome sostantivo, numero, particella, preposizione, pronome, sostantivo, verbo (Category: it:Parts of speech)
Further reading
- sostantivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- sostantivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- sostantivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- sostantivo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- sostantivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana