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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spurius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspu.rjo/
- Rhymes: -urjo
- Hyphenation: spù‧rio
Adjective
spurio (feminine spuria, masculine plural spuri, feminine plural spurie)
- illegitimate
- spurious
- false
Further reading
- spurio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- spurio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- spurio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- spùrio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- spùrio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
spuriō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of spurius