velleità

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin velleitātem, from Latin velle (“wish, will”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /vel.le.iˈta/*[1]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: vel‧le‧i‧tà

Noun[edit]

velleità f (invariable)

  1. fancy, velleity
  2. vain ambition, fanciful ambition

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ velleità in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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