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Etymology edit

From aggettivo (adjective) +‎ -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

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  • IPA(key): /ad.d͡ʒet.tiˈva.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ag‧get‧ti‧và‧re

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aggettivàre (first-person singular present aggettìvo, first-person singular past historic aggettivài, past participle aggettivàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to adjectivize, to convert (a word of some other part of speech, a phrase, etc.) into an adjective
  2. (intransitive, rare) to employ adjectives (e.g. in writing) [auxiliary avere]

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