ariete

See also: Ariete, aríete, and arieté

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aries, arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrjɛ.te/

Noun

ariete m (plural arieti)

1. ram (male sheep)

   Synonym: montone

2. (historical, military) battering ram

   Synonym: puntone

Anagrams

• teiera

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ariete

1. ablative singular of ariēs

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aries, arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾjete/ [aˈɾje.t̪e]

Noun

ariete m (plural arietes)

1. battering ram

Related terms

• arietar

Further reading

• “ariete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014