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sciare

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ʃiˈa.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sci‧à‧re

Etymology 1

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From sci +‎ -are[2]

Verb

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sciàre (first-person singular present scìo, first-person singular past historic sciài, past participle sciàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, skiing) to ski [auxiliary avere]
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with French scier, Spanish ciar, both with the same sense. Further origin unknown. Theories include onomatopoeia[3] and derivation from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σχῐ́ον (ĭskhĭ́on, hip-bone).[4]

Verb

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sciàre (first-person singular present scìo, first-person singular past historic sciài, past participle sciàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to row or steer backwards [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive, nautical, uncommon) to move (an oar) backwards
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References

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  1. ^ sciare in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ sciare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  3. ^ sciare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  4. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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Verb

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sciāre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of sciō