Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin cōnsistō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /konˈsi.ste.re/
  • Rhymes: -istere
  • Hyphenation: con‧sì‧ste‧re

Verb

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consìstere (first-person singular present consìsto, first-person singular past historic consistéi, past participle consistìto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]

  1. to consist [+ di (object) = of]
  2. (archaic) to hold together, to last, to endure
  3. (archaic) to be situated, to be located
  4. (archaic) to persist [+ in (object) = in]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • consistere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • consistere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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cōnsistere

  1. present active infinitive of cōnsistō