tempestà

See also: tempesta, Tempesta, tempèsta, and tempestă

Italian

Alternative forms

• tempestade, tempestate (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tempestātem (“time; season”). Doublet of tempesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tem.peˈsta/^*
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧stà

Noun

tempestà f (invariable)

1. (obsolete, rare) circumstance

   Synonym: circostanza

Related terms

• tempesta
• tempestivo

 

Further reading

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