carpine

Italian

Alternative forms

• carpino

Etymology

From Latin carpinus, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pi.ne/
• Rhymes: -arpine
• Hyphenation: càr‧pi‧ne

Noun

carpine m (plural carpini)

1. common hornbeam, European hornbeam (tree, Carpinus betulus)

   Synonym: carpino bianco

2. hornbeam (tree, genus Carpinus)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• carpinella
• carpineta / carpineto
• carpino bianco
• carpino nero
• carpino orientale

Further reading

• carpine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• capirne, caprine, encarpi

Latin

Noun

carpine

1. vocative singular of carpinus