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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rin.veˈni.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: rin‧ve‧nì‧re

Etymology 1

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From ri- +‎ Latin inveniō (to find) (a learned borrowing).

Verb

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rinvenìre (first-person singular present rinvèngo, first-person singular past historic rinvénni or rinvènni, past participle rinvenùto, first-person singular future rinverrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to find, recover (e.g. a lost object)
  2. to find out, discover
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Etymology 2

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From svenire with change of prefix.

Verb

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rinvenìre (first-person singular present rinvèngo, first-person singular past historic rinvénni or rinvènni, past participle rinvenùto, first-person singular future rinverrò, auxiliary (intransitive) èssere or (transitive) avére)

  1. (intransitive) to come round (regain consciousness); to revive [auxiliary essere]
  2. (intransitive) to reconstitute itself (of dried food; by being soaked in water) [auxiliary essere]
  3. (intransitive, metallurgy) to be subjected to tempering [auxiliary essere]
  4. (transitive, metallurgy, rare) to temper
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Further reading

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  • rinvenire in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • rinvenire in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • rinvenìre in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication