Italian

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ feltro +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.felˈtri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: in‧fel‧trì‧re

Verb

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infeltrìre (first-person singular present infeltrìsco, first-person singular past historic infeltrìi, past participle infeltrìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to mat
  2. (transitive, textiles) to full, to felt (wool)
  3. (intransitive) to become matted [auxiliary essere]
  4. (intransitive, textiles) to become fulled or felted (of wool) [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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