Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin adfīliāre, affīliāre (to adopt as a son), from Latin ad + fīlius (son). Compare French affilier, Portuguese afilhar, Spanish ahijar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /af.fiˈlja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: af‧fi‧lià‧re

Verb

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affiliàre (first-person singular present affìlio, first-person singular past historic affiliài, past participle affiliàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to foster (children)
  2. (transitive) to affiliate

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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