Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin īnflectere, from in- (in) + flectere (bend).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /inˈflɛt.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛttere
  • Hyphenation: in‧flèt‧te‧re

Verb edit

inflèttere (first-person singular present inflètto, first-person singular past historic inflettéi or (less common) inflèssi, past participle inflèsso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (uncommon) to turn, to bend
  2. to modulate (the voice)

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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