animale

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin animal. Cognates include Italian animale and French animal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aniˈmale/

Noun

animale m (plural animali)

  1. animal
  2. brute, coarse person

References

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ni.mal/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: animal, animales

Adjective

animale

  1. feminine singular of animal

Italian

Etymology

From Latin animālem,[1][2] possibly borrowed.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.niˈma.le/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (un animale):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mà‧le

Adjective

animale m or f (plural animali)

  1. animal
    Synonym: bestiale

Noun

animale m (plural animali)

  1. animal
  2. beast

Synonyms

augmentative

  • animalone

diminutive

derogatory

  • animalaccio

References

Further reading

  • animale1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

animāle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of animālis

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

animale

  1. alternative form of animal

Etymology 2

Adjective

animale

  1. alternative form of animal

Spanish

Verb

animale

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of animar combined with le