Italian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin amplexus (loving embrace)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /amˈplɛs.so/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsso
  • Hyphenation: am‧plès‧so

Noun edit

amplesso m (plural amplessi)

  1. intercourse
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 66:
      E se da questo amplesso nasceva un bambino, ricominciava il rito infernale,
      And if a baby was born from this intercourse, the infernal rite woud have started again,
  2. embrace

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