inchiudere

Italian

Etymology

Remodelation after chiudere (“to close”) of Latin inclūdere, present active infinitive of inclūdō. Doublet of includere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈkju.de.re/
• Rhymes: -udere
• Hyphenation: in‧chiù‧de‧re

Verb

inchiudere (obsolete)

1. to lock in (to secure in a locked enclosure)

   Synonym: rinchiudere

2. (figuratively) to enclose, contain
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXX, page 534, lines 10–12:

     Non altrimenti il trïunfo che lude ¶ sempre dintorno al punto che mi vinse, ¶ parendo inchiuso da quel ch'elli inchiude

     Not otherwise the Triumph, which for ever plays round about the point that vanquished me, seeming enclosed by what itself encloses

   Synonym: contenere

Related terms

• chiudere

References

• inchiudere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication