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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin inalbāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /i.nalˈba.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: i‧nal‧bà‧re

Verb

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inalbàre (first-person singular present inàlbo, first-person singular past historic inalbài, past participle inalbàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (literary)

  1. (transitive) to make white, to whiten
    Synonym: imbiancare
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎[1], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro X, page 206:
      Quale il marito di Giunon lampeggia, ¶ quando prepara una gran piova o grandine, ¶ o folta neve ad inalbare i campi ¶ o fracasso di guerra voratrice
      Like Juno's husband thunders when preparing great rain or hail or thick snow to whiten the fields or din of devastating war
  2. (rare, intransitive) to become white, to whiten [auxiliary essere]
    Synonyms: imbiancarsi, inalbarsi
  3. (rare, archaic, intransitive) to become turbid and whitish (of a liquid) [auxiliary essere]

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Latin

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Verb

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inalbāre

  1. inflection of inalbō:
    1. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative
    2. present active infinitive