tortoreggiare

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Italian

Etymology

From tortora +‎ -eggiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tor.to.redˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: tor‧to‧reg‧già‧re

Verb

tortoreggiàre (first-person singular present tortoréggio, first-person singular past historic tortoreggiài, past participle tortoreggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, rare) to bill and coo (coo and rub beaks as a prelude to mating) (of birds)
  2. (intransitive, figurative, literary) to bill and coo (exchange loving and affectionate behaviour/behavior)

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Further reading

  • tortoreggiare in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • tortoreggiare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • tortoreggiàre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • tortoreggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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