Italian edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Latin mollis, or from moia.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /di.moˈja.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧mo‧ià‧re

Verb edit

dimoiàre (first-person singular present dimòio, first-person singular past historic dimoiài, past participle dimoiàto, auxiliary èssere) (Tuscan)

  1. (intransitive, of ice or snow) to melt
    Synonym: sciogliersi
  2. (intransitive, of soil) to thaw
    Synonyms: scongelarsi, sgelarsi

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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