Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin effigiāre, derived from Latin effigiēs (likeness, image).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ef.fiˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ef‧fi‧già‧re

Verb

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effigiàre (first-person singular present effìgio, first-person singular past historic effigiài, past participle effigiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to portray, to depict in the form of an effigy
  2. (literary) to mold, to sculpt, to chisel (clay, marble, wax, etc.)
  3. (literary) to adorn

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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