Italian

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Etymology

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Calque of French défectionner, formed from defezione +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /de.fet.t͡sjoˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: de‧fe‧zio‧nà‧re

Verb

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defezionàre (first-person singular present defezióno, first-person singular past historic defezionài, past participle defezionàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to defect [auxiliary avere]
  2. (military) to desert [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

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