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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugiō (“to flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugio (“to flee”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sot.terˈfu.d͡ʒo/
- Rhymes: -udʒo
- Hyphenation: sot‧ter‧fù‧gio
Noun
sotterfugio m (plural sotterfugi)
- subterfuge
Further reading
- sotterfugio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana