Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *sūfilāre, from Latin sībilāre, whence also the doublets sibilare and sobillare. Cognate with Corsican zifulà, Venetian sifołar, Romansch tschüvler, tschivlar, Norman sûfflier, Walloon xhufler (Old French sufler).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */d͡zu.foˈla.re/, (traditional) */t͡su.foˈla.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: zu‧fo‧là‧re

Verb

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zufolàre (first-person singular present zùfolo, first-person singular past historic zufolài, past participle zufolàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to play the flageolet [auxiliary avere]
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to whistle [auxiliary avere]

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ zufolo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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