gregario

See also: gregário

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gregārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡreˈɡa.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: gre‧gà‧rio

Adjective

gregario (feminine gregaria, masculine plural gregari, feminine plural gregarie)

1. pertaining or relative to a follower; unable of showing any enterprise or autonomy

   atteggiamento gregario ― follower's attitude

2. (of an animal) living in flocks, packs or likes
3. with many specimina growing in the same place (of a plant)

Noun

gregario m (plural gregari, feminine gregaria)

1. grunt (infantry soldier)
2. (by extension, derogatory) one who passively follows other's instructions, never acting on their own; a follower; a lemming

   Synonyms: seguace, subalterno

   Essere un semplice gregario. ― To be nothing but a follower.

3. (cycling) domestique

Further reading

• gregario in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• gregàrio in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Anagrams

• aggirerò, gorgiera

Latin

Adjective

gregāriō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of gregārius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gregārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾeˈɡaɾjo/ [ɡɾeˈɣ̞a.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: gre‧ga‧rio

Adjective

gregario (feminine gregaria, masculine plural gregarios, feminine plural gregarias)

1. gregarious, sociable

Noun

gregario m (plural gregarios, feminine gregaria, feminine plural gregarias)

1. (cycling) domestique

Further reading

• “gregario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014