Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin discerpere (to tear, rend).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diʃˈʃɛr.pe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrpere
  • Hyphenation: di‧scèr‧pe‧re

Verb

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discerpére (first-person singular present discèrpo, no past historic, no past participle)

  1. (literary) to rip, to tear

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Latin

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Verb

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discerpēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of discerpō

Verb

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discerpere

  1. inflection of discerpō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative