Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ap.punˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pun‧tà‧re

Etymology 1

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From a- +‎ punta +‎ -are.

Verb

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appuntàre (first-person singular present appùnto, first-person singular past historic appuntài, past participle appuntàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to sharpen (a point)
  2. (transitive) to point (a finger, etc.), to aim (a gun, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to fix (one's gaze)
  4. (transitive) to pin (to fix with a pin)
  5. (transitive) to join with stitches
  6. (transitive, by extension) to attach, to affix
  7. (transitive) to note down
  8. (transitive, by extension) to criticize, to censure, to reproach
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Etymology 2

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From a- +‎ punto +‎ -are, originally "to note with a dot".

Verb

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appuntàre (first-person singular present appùnto, first-person singular past historic appuntài, past participle appuntàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to note down
  2. (transitive, by extension) to criticize, to censure, to reproach
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Etymology 3

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Calque of Old French appointer (to settle a deal).

Verb

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appuntàre (first-person singular present appùnto, first-person singular past historic appuntài, past participle appuntàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (archaic)

  1. (transitive) to balance (accounts)
  2. (transitive) to establish by mutual agreement
  3. (intransitive) to agree, to be in agreement [with con ‘with’] [auxiliary essere]
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