prefiggere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin praefīgō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈfid.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -iddʒere
  • Hyphenation: pre‧fìg‧ge‧re

Verb

prefìggere (first-person singular present prefìggo, first-person singular past historic prefìssi, past participle prefìsso, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to establish in advance; to secure
  2. (linguistics) to prefix
  3. (rare, by extension) to put before or beforehand

Conjugation

Further reading

  • prefiggere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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