Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ak.kan.toˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧can‧to‧nà‧re

Etymology 1 edit

From a- +‎ cantone +‎ -are.

Verb edit

accantonàre (first-person singular present accantóno, first-person singular past historic accantonài, past participle accantonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to set aside (money, goods, etc.) (for later use)
  2. (figurative) to save, to preserve (e.g. one's strength))
  3. to set aside, to put aside, to abandon, to shelve (a project, idea, job, etc.)
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Etymology 2 edit

Calque of French cantonner.

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accantonàre (first-person singular present accantóno, first-person singular past historic accantonài, past participle accantonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (military) to quarter, to temporarily house (soldiers)
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Further reading edit

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

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