pusillanime

See also: pusillânime and pusilánime

French

Etymology

From Latin pusillanimis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.zi.la.nim/

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Adjective

pusillanime (plural pusillanimes)

1. pusillanimous

Further reading

• “pusillanime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Alternative forms

• pusillanimo

Etymology

From Latin pusillanimis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.zilˈla.ni.me/
• Rhymes: -anime
• Hyphenation: pu‧sil‧là‧ni‧me

Adjective

pusillanime (plural pusillanimi)

1. pusillanimous, cowardly, wimpish

Noun

pusillanime m or f by sense (plural pusillanimi)

1. coward, wimp
2. weakling

Further reading

• pusillanime in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• pusillanime in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• pusillanime in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• pusillanime in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• pusillanime in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• pusillanime in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pu.silˈla.ni.me/, [pʊs̠ɪlˈlʲänɪmɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.silˈla.ni.me/, [pus̬ilˈläːnime]

Adjective

pusillanime

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of pusillanimis