Italian edit

Etymology edit

From a- (to, towards) +‎ bica (haystack) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ab.biˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bi‧cà‧re

Verb edit

abbicàre (first-person singular present abbìco, first-person singular past historic abbicài, past participle abbicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to collect in heaps
  2. (by extension, transitive) to amass

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • abbicare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana