u'

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ubī (“where”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Adverb

u'

1. (obsolete, poetic) where
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VII, page 116:

     […] fin ch'al Verbo di Dio discender piacque ¶ u' la natura, che dal suo fattore ¶ s'era allungata, unì a sé in persona ¶ con l'atto sol del suo etterno amore.

     […] till to descend it pleased the Word of God ¶ to where the nature, which from its own Maker ¶ estranged itself, he joined to him in person ¶ by the sole act of his eternal love.

   1. (followed by che) everywhere, anywhere

Synonyms

• (where): dove
• (anywhere): dovunque, ovunque

Related terms

• ove