Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cālīginem (“fog”).[1] Compare Portuguese caligem (“fog”) and Spanish calina (“haze”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /kaˈli.d͡ʒi.ne/
- Rhymes: -idʒine
- Hyphenation: ca‧lì‧gi‧ne
caligine f (plural caligini)
- soot, smog
- fog
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ caligine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
cālīgine
- ablative singular of cālīgō