Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French sormonter. First attested in the 14th century. By surface analysis, sor- +‎ montare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sor.monˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sor‧mon‧tà‧re

Verb

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sormontàre (first-person singular present sormónto, first-person singular past historic sormontài, past participle sormontàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to overcome or surmount; to be on top of something
  2. (intransitive) to overlap [with con] [auxiliary essere]

Conjugation

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References

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  • sormontàre in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • sormontare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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