apriti sesamo

Italian

Etymology

From its use in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, translating French Sésame, ouvre-toi in Antoine Galland's version of the Ali Baba story in the One Thousand and One Nights, possibly based on an oral Arabic source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.pri.ti ˈsɛ.za.mo/
• Hyphenation: à‧pri‧ti‧sè‧sa‧mo

Phrase

apriti sesamo!

1. open sesame!