feretro
See also: féretro
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin feretrum, from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.re.tro/, (less recommended) /ˈfe.re.tro/[1], (poetic) /feˈrɛ.tro/[2]
- Rhymes: -ɛretro, (less recommended) -eretro, (poetic) -ɛtro
- Hyphenation: fè‧re‧tro, (less recommended) fé‧re‧tro, (poetic) fe‧rè‧tro
Noun
[edit]feretro m (plural feretri)
- catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)
- Synonym: catafalco m
- (by extension, literary) coffin (box in which a dead person is buried)
- Synonyms: bara f, (colloquial) cassa da morto f, (regional) tabbuto m
References
[edit]- ^ feretro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ feretro in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Further reading
[edit]- “feretro”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Noun
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- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
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- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛretro
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛretro/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/eretro
- Rhymes:Italian/eretro/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛtro
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛtro/3 syllables
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