cantillare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cantillāre (to hum; to chirp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan.tilˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: can‧til‧là‧re

Verb

cantillàre (first-person singular present cantìllo, first-person singular past historic cantillài, past participle cantillàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) to hum
    Synonyms: canterellare, canticchiare

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cantillare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cantillāre

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