intimo
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin.ti.mo/
- Rhymes: -intimo
- Hyphenation: ìn‧ti‧mo
Adjective
intimo (feminine intima, masculine plural intimi, feminine plural intime)
- intimate, close
- Synonym: stretto
- intimate, private, innermost
- intimate, cosy, cozy
- Synonyms: accogliente, raccolto
- having a close relationship; close
- amici intimi ― close friends
- concealing a sensitive area of the body; of or relating to undergarments (of clothing)
- maglietta intima ― undershirt
- biancheria intima ― intimates
Derived terms
- intimamente
- intimismo
- intimità
- nell'intimo
Related terms
Further reading
- intimo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ti.moː/, [ˈɪn̪t̪ɪmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.ti.mo/, [ˈin̪t̪imo]
Verb
intimō (present infinitive intimāre, perfect active intimāvī, supine intimātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “intimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- intimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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