Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From attutare, with a change in conjugation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /at.tuˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: at‧tu‧tì‧re

Verb

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attutìre (first-person singular present attutìsco, first-person singular past historic attutìi, past participle attutìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to deaden (sound)
  2. (transitive) to cushion (a fall, etc.)
  3. (transitive) to ease (pain)

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • attutire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • attutire in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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