desiderata

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

desiderata

1. plural of desideratum

See also

• desiderata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

desiderata m (uncountable)

1. desideratum

Further reading

• “desiderata”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.zi.deˈra.ta/, (traditional) /de.si.deˈra.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: de‧si‧de‧rà‧ta

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dēsīderāta, neuter plural form of dēsīderātus, perfect passive participle of dēsīderō (“to want, to wish for”).

Noun

desiderata m pl (plural only)

1. desiderata

Related terms

• desiderare
• desiderio

 

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

desiderata f sg

1. feminine singular of desiderato

Anagrams

• diseredata

Latin

Participle

dēsīderāta

1. inflection of dēsīderātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

dēsīderātā

1. ablative feminine singular of dēsīderātus

References

• desiderata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Noun

desiderata m pl

1. plural of desiderátum