omerta

See also: omertà

English

Noun

omerta (countable and uncountable, plural omertas)

1. Alternative spelling of omertà
   • 2009 February 7, Mark Lawson, “We're all in public now”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     But although her agent has invoked that tradition of post-show omerta in her defence, the truth is that few would trust these days to what it is now possibly risky to call Chinese walls.

Anagrams

• Moreta, Teramo, amoret, morate

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian omertà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈomɛrta]
• Hyphenation: omer‧ta

Noun

omerta f

1. omertà

Declension

Declension of omerta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	omerta	omerty
genitive	omerty	omert
dative	omertě	omertám
accusative	omertu	omerty
vocative	omerto	omerty
locative	omertě	omertách
instrumental	omertou	omertami

Further reading

• “omerta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “omerta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian omertà, from a Southern dialectal rhotacist variant of umiltà (“humility”), from Latin humilitās, from humilis (“humble”), from humus (“ground, soil”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

omerta f (plural omertas, diminutive omertaatje n)

1. (crime) omertà, (extensively) wall of silence, code of silence

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

omerta f (plural omertas)

1. (crime) omertà
2. any code of silence