Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin legere.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛd.d͡ʒe.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛddʒere
  • Hyphenation: lèg‧ge‧re

Verb edit

lèggere (first-person singular present lèggo, first-person singular past historic lèssi, past participle lètto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to read [auxiliary avere]
    Lorenzo legge il giornale.Lorenzo reads the newspaper.
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ledˈd͡ʒɛ.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛre
  • Hyphenation: leg‧gè‧re

Adjective edit

leggere

  1. feminine plural of leggero

Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian leggere, from Latin legere. Doublet of lejere, the native Neapolitan form.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈlɛdd͡ʒərə]
  • (numerous dialects) IPA(key): [ˈlɛdd͡ʒə]

Verb edit

leggere

  1. to read

References edit

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 768: “leggere; egli legge” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “leggere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano