Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French défaitiste. By surface analysis, disfatto (undone) +‎ -ista (-ist).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /di.sfatˈti.sta/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: di‧sfat‧tì‧sta

Noun

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disfattista m or f by sense (masculine plural disfattisti, feminine plural disfattiste)

  1. defeatist

Adjective

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disfattista

  1. defeatist
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