aggettivo

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See also: aggettivò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad.d͡ʒetˈti.vo/, [ädd͡ʒe̞t̪ˈt̪iːvo]
  • Hyphenation: ag‧get‧tì‧vo

Etymology 1

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(deprecated template usage) From Late Latin adiectīvum [​nōmen​], translation of Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον [​ὄνομα​] (epítheton [​ónoma​]).

Alternative forms

Noun

aggettivo m (plural aggettivi)

  1. adjective
    • 1744, Jacopo Angelo Nelli, “Del parlare, delle parole, delle sillabe, e delle lettere [About speaking, words, syllables, and letters]”, in Grammatica italiana: per uso de' giovanetti [Italian Grammar: for use by young people]‎[1], Torino: Stamperia Reale, Che coſa ſieno le Sillabe, page 6:
      L'Adiettivo è quello, che ſignifica coſa, che non può da ſe ſuſſiſtere nel diſcorſo, ma è neceſſario, che ſi appoggi, ed aggiunga ad altro nome, che da per ſe ſi regge
      The adjective is the one that means something which cannot exist in speech by itself; it instead needs to be coupled with another noun, which can stand by itself
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aggettivo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of aggettivare

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