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Italian
Etymology
From torrente, from Latin torrentem, present active participle of torreō (“to scorch, burn, parch”), from Proto-Italic *torzeō, causative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (“dry”). By surface analysis, torrent(e) (“torrent”, “stream”) + -izio (derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tor.renˈtit.t͡sjo/
- Rhymes: -ittsjo
- Hyphenation: tor‧ren‧tì‧zio
Adjective
torrentizio (feminine torrentizia, masculine plural torrentizi, feminine plural torrentizie)
- torrential, torrent-like, irregular (of a river flow)