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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /al.luˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: al‧lu‧nà‧re

Etymology 1 edit

From a- (direction marker) +‎ Luna (Moon) +‎ -are (infinitive marker).

Verb edit

allunàre (first-person singular present allùno, first-person singular past historic allunài, past participle allunàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, rare) to shape into a half-moon shape
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Etymology 2 edit

From as above, by analogy with atterrare (to land).

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allunàre (first-person singular present allùno, first-person singular past historic allunài, past participle allunàto, auxiliary avére or (less commonly) èssere)

  1. (intransitive, space flight) to land on the Moon [auxiliary avere or (less commonly) essere]
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