desiderabile
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dēsīderābilis, derived from dēsīderō (“to desire, to wish for”). By surface analysis, desiderare + -abile.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /de.zi.deˈra.bi.le/, (traditional) /de.si.deˈra.bi.le/[1]
- Rhymes: -abile
- Hyphenation: de‧si‧de‧rà‧bi‧le
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Adjective edit
desiderabile (plural desiderabili)
- desirable
- Antonym: indesiderabile
- advisable
- Antonym: indesiderabile
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ desidero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- desiderabile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Adjective edit
dēsīderābile