delitto

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /deˈlit.to/
  • Rhymes: -itto
  • Hyphenation: de‧lìt‧to

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dēlictum, from dēlinquō (“to transgress, err”); probably a semi-learned borrowing.

Noun[edit]

delitto m (plural delitti)

  1. crime, offence/offense, felony, misdemeanour
  2. murder, homicide
  3. sin
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle[edit]

delitto (feminine delitta, masculine plural delitti, feminine plural delitte)

  1. past participle of delinquere
    Synonym: (archaic, rare) delinquito

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