allumare

allumare

1. inflection of allumar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

• IPA^(key): /al.luˈma.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: al‧lu‧mà‧re

From allum(e) (“alum”) +‎ -are (1^st conjugation verbal suffix).

allumàre (first-person singular present allùmo, first-person singular past historic allumài, past participle allumàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to treat cloth with alum prior to dying it

• allumatura

From Old French alumer. By surface analysis, a- (“to, towards”) +‎ lume (“light”) +‎ -are.

allumàre (first-person singular present allùmo, first-person singular past historic allumài, past participle allumàto, auxiliary avére) (obsolete, poetic)

1. (transitive) to make bright, brighten, illuminate

   Synonym: illuminare

2. (transitive) to kindle, light (e.g. a fire)

   Synonym: accendere

   Antonym: spegnere

• allumarsi

From a- +‎ lume (in the figurative sense of “eye”) +‎ -are.

allumàre (first-person singular present allùmo, first-person singular past historic allumài, past participle allumàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (regional, transitive) to eye

   Synonym: adocchiare

• allumare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• allumerà, emularla