Italian

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Etymology

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From intercetto +‎ -are, with influence from French intercepter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.ter.t͡ʃetˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧cet‧tà‧re

Verb

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intercettàre (first-person singular present intercètto, first-person singular past historic intercettài, past participle intercettàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to intercept
  2. to eavesdrop
  3. to predict or mindread (a feeling, phenomenon, etc.)
    intercettare i gusti del pubblico
    to predict the public's preferences
  4. (geometry) to determine the result of an intersection
    un poligono intercetta un segmento su una retta secante
    a polygon intersects a segment on a secant line

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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