esteso

Italian

Etymology

Past participle of estendere; (borrowed from Latin extēnsus, and adapted to the verb's conjugation as a semi-learned word; see also steso and estenso).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eˈste.zo/, (traditional) /eˈste.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
  • Hyphenation: e‧sté‧so

Adjective

esteso (feminine estesa, masculine plural estesi, feminine plural estese, superlative estesissimo)

  1. large, broad, wide, extensive, vast
  2. broad, widespread, wide-ranging

Derived terms

Participle

esteso (feminine estesa, masculine plural estesi, feminine plural estese)

  1. past participle of estendere

References
  1. esteso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading
  • esteso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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