discesa

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /diʃˈʃe.za/, (traditional) /diʃˈʃe.sa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
  • Hyphenation: di‧scé‧sa

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal, formed with the feminine past participle of discendere (to go down, descend). Cognate with Piedmontese dissèisa. Displaced Latin dēscēnsus.

Noun[edit]

discesa f (plural discese)

  1. descent, slope
    Synonym: pendio
    Antonym: salita
  2. fall, drop
    Synonyms: calo, caduta, abbassamento
  3. downhill (sky)
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle[edit]

discesa f sg

  1. feminine singular of disceso

References[edit]

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

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