Italian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ terra +‎ -are. Sense 3 "to land (of an aircraft, ship, etc.)" is a calque of French atterrer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /at.terˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: at‧ter‧rà‧re

Verb

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atterràre (first-person singular present attèrro, first-person singular past historic atterrài, past participle atterràto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive) avére or (rarely when intransitive, as an alternative) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to knock down, to throw down
  2. (transitive, figurative) to humiliate, to mortify
  3. (intransitive) to land (of an aircraft, ship, spaceship, etc.) [auxiliary avere or (rarely) essere]
  4. (intransitive) to land (of a gymnast or skier) [auxiliary avere or essere]

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