utensile

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Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ūtēnsilem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈtɛn.si.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsile
  • Hyphenation: u‧tèn‧si‧le

Adjective

utensile (plural utensili)

  1. that serves, or is useful
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun use of the above adjective. The change in stress accent in the traditional form is based on the Latin neuter plural ūtēnsilia (/u.tẽːˈsi.li.a/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈtɛn.si.le/, (traditional, careful style) /u.tenˈsi.le/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsile, (traditional, careful style) -ile
  • Hyphenation: u‧tèn‧si‧le, (traditional, careful style) u‧ten‧sì‧le

Noun

utensile m (plural utensili)

  1. tool, implement
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ utensile in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Adjective

ūtēnsile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of ūtēnsilis
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