codesto

Italian

Etymology

From earlier cotesto, from earlier cotevesto, from a contraction of Latin introductory locution eccum tibi istum.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈdesto/, [koˈd̪es̪.t̪o]
  • Hyphenation: co‧dés‧to

Adjective

codesto (feminine singular codesta, masculine plural codesti, feminine plural codeste)

Pronoun

codesto m (feminine codesta, masculine plural codesti, feminine plural codeste)

  1. (dated, regional, literary) this, that (referring to an object close to the addressee)

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 137
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