Italian edit

Etymology edit

a- (to, towards) +‎ terzo (third) +‎ -are (1st-conjugation verbal suffix)

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

atterzàre (first-person singular present attèrzo, first-person singular past historic atterzài, past participle atterzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, archaic) to reduce by a third
    Synonym: (archaic) sterzare
  2. (transitive, archaic) to third (divide into three parts)
    Synonym: (archaic) sterzare

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Further reading edit

  • atterzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • Accademia della Crusca (1729–1738) “atterzare”, in Vocabolario degli accademici della Crusca (in Italian), 4 edition – on www.lessicografia.it

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