Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin circumvāllāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃir.kon.valˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cir‧con‧val‧là‧re

Verb

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circonvallàre (first-person singular present circonvàllo, first-person singular past historic circonvallài, past participle circonvallàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic, transitive) to surround with a wall, to circumvallate

Conjugation

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Further reading

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