Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From temperare (to sharpen, temper) +‎ -ino.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tem.peˈri.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧rì‧no

Noun edit

temperino m (plural temperini)

  1. penknife

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtem.pe.ri.no/, (traditional) /ˈtɛm.pe.ri.no/[1]
  • Rhymes: -emperino, (traditional) -ɛmperino
  • Hyphenation: tém‧pe‧ri‧no, (traditional) tèm‧pe‧ri‧no

Verb edit

temperino

  1. inflection of temperare:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

References edit

  1. ^ temperino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams edit