fiabbare

Italian

Etymology

Either inherited from Latin fābulārī (“make up a story”) or formed within Italian from fiab(b)a +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjabˈba.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: fiab‧bà‧re

Verb

fiabbàre (first-person singular present fiàbbo, first-person singular past historic fiabbài, past participle fiabbàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (archaic) to sing merry tunes and idle songs
   • 14th c., Niccolò de' Rossi, chapter XXVI, in Per non usar era di polver lordo:

     Onni raeo millantar, e zò, ch’eo fiabbo...