Italian

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Etymology

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From flabello +‎ -are. Compare Late Latin flābellō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fla.belˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fla‧bel‧là‧re

Verb

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flabellàre (first-person singular present flabèllo, first-person singular past historic flabellài, past participle flabellàto, auxiliary avére) (literary, rare, transitive)

  1. to fan (by means of a flabellum)
  2. to move (in a manner similar to that of a fan)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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