chiacchierare
Italian
Etymology
In part onomatopoeic, but cannot be separated from Old French claquer (“clap, clack, clatter”), which is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kjak.kjeˈra.re/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: chiac‧chie‧rà‧re
Verb
chiacchieràre (first-person singular present chiàcchiero, first-person singular past historic chiacchierài, past participle chiacchieràto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
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References
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “chiacchierare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
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