inalbare

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin inalbāre, present active infinitive of inalbō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.nalˈba.re/, [in̺äl̺ˈbäːr̺e̞]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Stress: inalbàre
  • Hyphenation: i‧nal‧ba‧re

Verb

inalbare (literary)

  1. (transitive) to make white, to whiten
    Synonym: imbiancare
    • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro X, page 206:
      Quale il marito di Giunon lampeggia, ¶ quando prepara una gran piova o grandine, ¶ o folta neve ad inalbare i campi ¶ o fracasso di guerra voratrice
      Like Juno's husband thunders ¶ when preparing great rain or hail ¶ or thick snow to whiten the fields ¶ or din of devastating war
  2. (intransitive, auxiliary essere) to become white, to whiten
    Synonyms: imbiancarsi, inalbarsi
  3. (archaic, intransitive, auxiliary essere, of a liquid) to become turbid and whitish

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Latin

Verb

inalbāre

  1. inflection of inalbō:
    1. second-person singular present passive indicative
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative
    3. present active infinitive
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