Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tintinnāre (to ring, jingle intermittently), frequentative of tinnīre (to ring), whence Italian tinnire. Cognate to Neapolitan ndennare, Old French tantiner.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ten.tenˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ten‧ten‧nà‧re

Verb

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tentennàre (first-person singular present tenténno, first-person singular past historic tentennài, past participle tentennàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to totter, to stagger [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to hesitate [auxiliary avere]
  3. (transitive) to swing, to shake slightly

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