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abitante

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Italian

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Etymology

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    From abit(are) +‎ -ante.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /a.biˈtan.te/
    • Rhymes: -ante
    • Hyphenation: a‧bi‧tàn‧te

    Participle

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    abitante m or f by sense (plural abitanti)

    1. present participle of abitare: inhabiting

    Noun

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    abitante m or f by sense (plural abitanti)

    1. inhabitant
      • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XX”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 82–84; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
        Quindi passando la vergine cruda
        vide terra, nel mezzo del pantano,
        sanza coltura e d’abitanti nuda.
        Passing that way the virgin pitiless land in the middle of the fen descried, untilled and naked of inhabitants.
    2. denizen
    3. occupant
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    Further reading

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

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