Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin ōrdīre, collateral form of ōrdīrī. Compare Spanish and Portuguese urdir, French ourdir.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /orˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: or‧dì‧re

Verb edit

ordìre (first-person singular present ordìsco, first-person singular past historic ordìi, past participle ordìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, textiles) to warp
  2. (transitive, textiles, by extension) to weave
  3. (transitive, literary) to outline, to sketch (a novel, a play, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to plot, to hatch, to scheme
  5. (transitive, nautical) to reeve (a rope) (to pass a rope through a hole or opening to fasten it)

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Latin edit

Verb edit

ōrdīre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of ōrdior