ghignare

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French guigner, from Frankish *wingjan, from Proto-Germanic *winkaną.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡiɲˈɲa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ghi‧gnà‧re

Verb[edit]

ghignàre (first-person singular present ghìgno, first-person singular past historic ghignài, past participle ghignàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to sneer [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to laugh derisively [auxiliary avere]

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Further reading[edit]

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

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