See also: icare and Icare

Italian

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Etymology

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From the Latin verb ending -icāre. By surface analysis, -ic(o) (-ic, adjective-forming derivational suffix) +‎ -are (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: -i‧cà‧re

Suffix

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-icàre (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ico, first-person singular past historic -icài, past participle -icàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. -ify; used to derive verbs related to a root noun or adjective
    neve (snow) + ‎-icare → ‎nevicare (to snow)
    decuplo (tenfold, decuple) + ‎-icare → ‎decuplicare (to tenfold, decuple)

Usage notes

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  • In stem-stressed forms, the stress is on the antepenultimate vowel (the one preceding the -ic- suffix), e.g. névica "it is snowing", io decùplico "I multiply by ten".

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Anagrams

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