scomunicare

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Italian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin excommūnicāre, present active infinitive of excommūnicō, from Latin ex + commūnicō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sko.mu.niˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sco‧mu‧ni‧cà‧re

Verb

scomunicàre (first-person singular present scomùnico, first-person singular past historic scomunicài, past participle scomunicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, Christianity) to excommunicate
  2. (transitive, by extension) to censure severely
  3. (transitive, by extension) to expel, to repudiate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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