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vedere

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin vidēre, from Proto-Italic *widēō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veˈde.re/[1][2]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: ve‧dé‧re

Verb

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vedére (first-person singular present védo, first-person singular past historic vìdi, past participle vìsto or (less popular) vedùto, first-person singular future vedrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to see
  2. to look at
  3. to meet
  4. to visit
  5. to grasp (an idea)
  6. to make sure [with di (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’] (otherwise, there will be a negative consequence)
    Vedi di finirla! ― Stop it! [or I will get mad] (literally, “See of stopping!”)

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References

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  1. ^ “vedere” in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
  2. ^ “vedere” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • “vedere”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
  • “vedere” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Middle High German

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old High German fëdara.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈvɛdərə/, /ˈfɛdərə/

    Noun

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    vëdere f (plural vëdere or vëderen)

    1. feather
      Ër strîchet sîniu kleider, daȥ ein vëder niht an im belîbet.
      He strokes his own clothes, that a feather would not remain on him.

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    Neapolitan

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin vidēre.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Naples) IPA(key): [vəˈɾe]
    • (Gargano) IPA(key): [vəˈðɛ]
    • (Matera) IPA(key): [vəˈde]

    Verb

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    vedere

    1. see

    References

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    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1250: “avreste dovuto vedere” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
    • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “vedere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[1]

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    From the verb vedea +‎ -re.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /veˈde.re/
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    • Rhymes: -ere
    • Hyphenation: ve‧de‧re

    Noun

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    vedere f (plural vederi)

    1. sight (the act of seeing)
      la prima vedere ― on first sight
      la vedere ― in the open, in plain sight
      a pierde pe cineva din vedere ― to lose sight of someone
    2. sight (ability to see)
      Synonym: văz
    3. view (scenery, vista)
      Synonym: priveliște
    4. illustrated postcard
    5. (now uncommon) synonym of viziune (“vision, principle, concept”)

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