Italian

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Etymology

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From Ecclesiastical Latin excommūnicāre, from Latin ex + commūnicō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sko.mu.niˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sco‧mu‧ni‧cà‧re

Verb

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scomunicàre (first-person singular present scomùnico, first-person singular past historic scomunicài, past participle scomunicàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, Christianity) to excommunicate
  2. (transitive, by extension) to censure severely
  3. (transitive, by extension) to expel, to repudiate

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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