Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin intertenēre, derived from Classical Latin tenēre (to hold; to possess).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.ter.teˈne.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧te‧né‧re

Verb

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intertenére (first-person singular present intertèngo, first-person singular past historic interténni or intertènni, past participle intertenùto, first-person singular future interterrò, auxiliary avére)

  1. (archaic or literary, transitive) Synonym of trattenere
  2. (archaic or literary, transitive) Synonym of intrattenere

Conjugation

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Further reading

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