Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

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