Italian edit

Etymology edit

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin manūmittere.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ma.noˈmet.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -ettere
  • Hyphenation: ma‧no‧mét‧te‧re

Verb edit

manométtere (first-person singular present manométto, first-person singular past historic manomìsi, past participle manomésso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to tamper with
  2. to open (a letter without permission)
  3. to force (a lock)
  4. to break open (a safe)
  5. (historical, Ancient Rome law) to manumit (a slave)

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

See also edit

  • (it, manomettere)

Further reading edit

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

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