favellare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fābellāre, present active infinitive of *fābellō (“I speak”), derived from Latin fābella, diminutive of fābula (“narrative; story”), or from fābulor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.velˈla.re/, [fäve̞l̺ˈl̺äːr̺e̞]
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: fa‧vel‧là‧re

Verb

favellare

1. (intransitive, literary) to speak or talk
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXXIII, lines 4–6:

     Poi cominciò: «Tu vuo' ch'io rinovelli ¶ disperato dolor che 'l cor mi preme ¶ già pur pensando, pria ch'io ne favelli. […] »

     Then he began: "Thou wilt that I renew the desperate grief, which wrings my heart already to think of only, ere I speak of it"

   Synonym: parlare

2. (transitive, literary, rare, poetic) to bespeak (to speak about; to tell of)

   Donde ei venga, infelici, il sapete, e sperate che gioia favelli?

   Whence he comes from, o wretches, you know, yet you hope that he bespeaks joy?

Synonyms

• (speak, talk): parlare

Derived terms

• favellatore

Related terms

• fabulare
• favella
• favola

Noun

favellare m (plural favellari)

1. (archaic) parlance (way of talking)

   Synonyms: (archaic) favella, parlata

   le lingue mescolate e bastarde, che non hanno parole, nè favellari proprii, non sono lingue

   the mixed, bastard tongues without their own words and parlances are not languages

Anagrams

• favellerà