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Etymology

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From Latin vidēre, from Proto-Italic *widēō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veˈde.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: ve‧dé‧re

Verb

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vedére (first-person singular present védo, first-person singular past historic vìdi, past participle vìsto or (less popular) vedùto, first-person singular future vedrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to see
  2. to look at
  3. to find out
  4. to meet
  5. to visit
  6. to grasp (an idea)

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Middle High German

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Etymology

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From Old High German fedara.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛdərə/, /ˈfɛdərə/

Noun

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vëdere f (plural vedere or vederen or vedern)

  1. feather

Neapolitan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin vidēre.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [vəˈɾe]
  • (Gargano) IPA(key): [vəˈðɛ]
  • (Matera) IPA(key): [vəˈde]

Verb

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vedere

  1. see

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1250: “avreste dovuto vedere” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “vedere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Romanian

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Etymology

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From the verb vedea +‎ -re.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /veˈde.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: ve‧de‧re

Noun

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vedere f (plural vederi)

  1. sight (the act of seeing)
    la prima vedereon first sight
    la vederein the open, in plain sight
    a pierde pe cineva din vedereto lose sight of someone
  2. sight (ability to see)
    Synonym: văz
  3. view (scenery, vista)
    Synonym: priveliște
  4. illustrated postcard
  5. (now uncommon) Synonym of viziune (vision, principle, concept)

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