disconfitta
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNominalization of the feminine singular form of disconfitto (“defeated”), past participle of disconfiggere (“to defeat”).
Noun
editdisconfitta f (plural disconfitte)
- (obsolete) defeat
- 1350s, anonymous author, “Prologo e primo capitolo [Preface and first chapter]”, in Cronica [Chronicle][1] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:
- granne vattaglia overo vettoria tristezze, disconfitte inscolpivano e aitri animali in sassi overo iente armata, in segno de tale memoria.
- They inscribed a great battle or victory, sorrows, defeats and other beings, or armed people, in sign of such a remembrance.
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
editdisconfitta f sg