algere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin algēre (“to feel cold”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈal.d͡ʒe.re/, /alˈd͡ʒe.re/[1][2][3][4]
  • Rhymes: -aldʒere, -ere
  • Hyphenation: àl‧ge‧re, al‧gé‧re

Verb

àlgere or algére (no present, first-person singular past historic àlsi, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative)

  1. (archaic, poetic, intransitive) to feel cold, to freeze
    Synonyms: avere freddo, gelare

Usage notes
  • Only used in the past historic tense and present participle. In the past historic, used only in the forms àlsi (first person singular) and àlse (third person singular). An 1895 grammar mentions the form àlsero (third person plural), but it may not exist.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of àlgere or algére (root-stressed -ere; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive àlgere, algére
auxiliary verb — gerund —
present participle algènte past participle —
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic àlsi — àlse — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — — — — —
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

References
  1. algere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. algere in internazionale.it – Dizionario Italiano di Internazionale – Il Nuovo di Mauro
  3. algere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  4. algere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

algēre

  1. present active infinitive of algeō
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