laddove
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
- là dove (now rare)
Etymology edit
Univerbation of là + dove.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ladˈdo.ve/°, (Tuscan, traditional) /ladˈdo.ve/*, (regional) */ladˈdo.ve/°[1]
- Rhymes: -ove
- Hyphenation: lad‧dó‧ve
Adverb edit
laddove
- (chiefly literary) where (in the place where)
- Synonym: dove
- Giungemmo laddove nessuno era mai giunto prima.
- We arrived where nobody had ever arrived before.
Conjunction edit
laddove
- (now rare) whereas, while
- Synonym: mentre
- Agì, laddove gli si era detto di star fermo.
- He acted, while we told him to stay still.
References edit
- ^ laddove in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)