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ossame

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ossāmen, a collective derived from Latin os (“bone”). First attested in Dante.[1] Synchronically derivable from osso (“bone”) +‎ -ame (collective suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /osˈsa.me/
  • Rhymes: -ame
  • Hyphenation: os‧sà‧me

Noun edit

ossame m (plural ossami) (literary)

  1. pile or mass of bones

References edit

  • ossame in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • ossame in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  1. ^ “ossame”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini

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