Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin lēnīre (to soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacify).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /leˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: le‧nì‧re

Verb

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lenìre (first-person singular present lenìsco, first-person singular past historic lenìi, past participle lenìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to soothe, to relieve

Conjugation

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Latin

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Verb

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lēnīre

  1. inflection of lēniō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative