sitire

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sitīre (to thirst), derived from sitis (thirst, noun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: si‧tì‧re

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (poetic, obsolete)

  1. (intransitive) to thirst (to be thirsty)
  2. (figurative, transitive) to thirst for

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

sitīre

  1. inflection of sitiō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative
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