See also: carrièra

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Occitan carreira or its variants (compare modern Occitan carrièra, also French carrière), from Late Latin carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare the inherited doublet carraia, now archaic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /karˈrjɛ.ra/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Hyphenation: car‧riè‧ra

Noun

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carriera f (plural carriere)

  1. career
  2. the fastest gait (both senses)
    mi passò accanto di gran carriera
    he passed me by in a fast gait

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