Italian

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Etymology

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From cicisbeo +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.t͡ʃi.zbeˈa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ci‧ci‧sbe‧à‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

cicisbeàre (first-person singular present cicisbèo, first-person singular past historic cicisbeài, past participle cicisbeàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) to act like a wooer or seducer

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • cicisbeare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • cicisbeare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication