vellere

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Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vellere (to pluck out; to depilate; to pull or tear down), from Proto-Italic *welnō, from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥néh₃ti, derived from the root *welh₃- (to hit, to strike).

Pronunciation

Verb

vellére (first-person singular present vèllo, unknown past historic, unknown past participle, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, rare) Synonym of svellere

Conjugation

Further reading

  • vellere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

vellere

  1. ablative singular of vellus

Verb

vellēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of vellō

Verb

vellere

  1. inflection of vellō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative