Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin fragrāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (to smell, to have a strong odor).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fraˈɡra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: fra‧grà‧re

Verb

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fragràre (first-person singular present fràgro, first-person singular past historic fragrài, past participle fragràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, intransitive) to have a strong pleasant smell or fragrance

Conjugation

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Further reading

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

Latin

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Verb

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frāgrāre

  1. present active infinitive of frāgrō