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interesse

See also: Interesse, intéresse, and intéressé

Danish

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse (“to be or lie between”), from inter (“between”) and esse (“to be”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /entərrasə/, [entˢɐˀʁɑsə]

Noun

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interesse c (singular definite interessen, plural indefinite interesser)

  1. interest

Inflection

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Declension of interesse
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gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative interesse interessen interesser interesserne
genitive interesses interessens interessers interessernes

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪn.təˈrɛ.sə/, (informal, Northern Dutch) /ɪnˈtrɛ.sə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧se
  • Rhymes: -ɛsə

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from German Interesse, from Latin interesse.[1] Doublet of interest.

Noun

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interesse f (plural interesses or interessen)

  1. interest (e.g in a subject) [from 1870s]
    Synonym: belangstelling
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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interesse f (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of interest.

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  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Interlingua

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Noun

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interesse (plural interesses)

  1. interest

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.teˈrɛs.se/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛsse
  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧rès‧se

Noun

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interesse m (plural interessi)

  1. interest, concern
  2. (economy) interest
  3. money, money-making
  4. (in the plural) affairs, business

Synonyms

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  • (in the plural; affairs, business): affari

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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interesse

  1. present active infinitive of intersum

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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interesse m (definite singular interessen, indefinite plural interesser, definite plural interessene)

  1. interest

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse.

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Noun

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interesse f (definite singular interessa, indefinite plural interesser, definite plural interessene)

  1. interest (interest and curiosity for something)
  2. interest (involvement, stake in a business or undertaking)

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin interesse.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨˈɾe.sɨ/, (with ellision) /ĩˈtɾe.sɨ/, /ẽ.tɨˈɾe.sɨ/, (with ellision) /ẽˈtɾe.sɨ/

  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧se

Noun

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interesse m (plural interesses)

  1. interest, curiosity
    Tenho um interesse em música.
    I'm interested in music.
  2. self-interest, especially when pretending to like someone to attain some benefit for oneself
    Ela só está consigo por interesse, pois você é rico.
    She is with you only for her own benefit since you are rich.
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨˈɾɛ.sɨ/, (with ellision) /ĩˈtɾɛ.sɨ/

  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧se

Verb

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interesse

  1. inflection of interessar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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