cempenna
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from cempennare (“to act slowly”) + -a.
Noun edit
cempenna m or f by sense (invariable) (Tuscany)
- an ineffectual person
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
cempenna
- inflection of cempennare:
Further reading edit
- cempenna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana