Italian edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Gallo-Italic or Southern Italo-Romance, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare French ronfler.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ronˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ron‧fà‧re

Verb edit

ronfàre (first-person singular present rónfo, first-person singular past historic ronfài, past participle ronfàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to snore [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: russare
  2. (intransitive) to purr [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • ronfare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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