pipistrello
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the above archaic forms (with /v/ > /p/ via assimilation), from Vulgar Latin *vespertillum, diminutive from Latin vespertiliōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pipistrello m (plural pipistrelli)
- bat (flying mammal)
- Synonyms: chirottero, nottola
- 1870, Giuseppe Garibaldi, chapter XLIII, in Cantoni il volontario [Cantoni the Volunteer][1]:
- Al chiarore dell'apertura del portone i pipistrelli schifosi svolazzavano nell'oscuro spazio, ed alcuni avean profittato del momento per sprigionarsi e solcare l'atrio colonnato del convento.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
[edit]- → French: pipistrelle
Further reading
[edit]- chiroptera on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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