vetro

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin vitrum, from Proto-Italic *wedrom, from Proto-Indo-European *wedro- (“water-like”), derived from the root *wed- (“water”).
Cognate with French verre, Portuguese vidro, Spanish vidrio

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈve.tro/, [ˈveːt̪r̺o]
  • Rhymes: -etro
  • Hyphenation: vé‧tro

Noun[edit]

vetro m (plural vetri)

  1. glass (transparent material)
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXXIV, lines 10–12, page 506:
      Già era, e con paura il metto in metro, ¶ là dove l'ombre tutte eran coperte, ¶ e trasparien come festuca in vetro.
      Now was I, and with fear in verse I put it, there where the shades were wholly covered up, and glimmered through like unto straws in glass.

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