gemere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gemere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.me.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmere
  • Hyphenation: gè‧me‧re
  • (file)

Verb

gèmere (first-person singular present gèmo, first-person singular past historic gemétti or (traditional) gemètti, past participle gemùto, auxiliary avére) [auxiliary avere]

  1. (intransitive) to groan, moan
    1. to whine (of dogs)
    2. to coo (of birds)
  2. (transitive, poetic) to mourn
    Synonym: rimpiangere
  3. (intransitive, by extension) to suffer
    Synonym: soffrire
  4. (intransitive, literary) to creak (under a heavy load) (chiefly of wood)
    Synonyms: scricchiolare, stridere
  5. (intransitive, uncommon) to leak (to allow fluid to escape)
    Synonyms: (uncommon) gocciare, gocciolare, (literary) stillare
  6. (intransitive, uncommon) to leak (to pass through an opening) (of a fluid)
    Synonyms: (uncommon) gocciare, gocciolare
  7. (transitive, rare) to leak (a fluid)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

gemēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of gemō

Verb

gemere

  1. inflection of gemō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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