Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin differre, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dif.feˈri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fe‧rì‧re

Verb

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differìre (first-person singular present differìsco, first-person singular past historic differìi, past participle differìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to defer, to postpone
  2. (intransitive) to differ, to be different (from) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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