torrentizio

Italian

Etymology

From torrente, from Latin torrentem, present active participle of torreō (to scorch, burn, parch), from Proto-Italic *torzeō, causative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (dry). By surface analysis, torrent(e) (torrent”, “stream) + -izio (derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tor.renˈtit.t͡sjo/
  • Rhymes: -ittsjo
  • Hyphenation: tor‧ren‧tì‧zio

Adjective

torrentizio (feminine torrentizia, masculine plural torrentizi, feminine plural torrentizie)

  1. torrential, torrent-like, irregular (of a river flow)
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