ariete
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈrjɛ.te/, /aˈrje.te/, /a.riˈɛ.te/, /a.riˈe.te/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛte, -ete
- Hyphenation: a‧riè‧te, a‧rié‧te, a‧ri‧è‧te, a‧ri‧é‧te
Noun
ariete m (plural arieti)
- ram (male sheep)
- Synonym: montone
- (historical, military) battering ram
- Synonym: puntone
References
- ^ ariete in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
ariete m
- ablative singular of ariēs (“ram, battering ram”)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾjete/ [aˈɾje.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: a‧rie‧te
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin arietem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“certain domestic animal”).
Noun
ariete m (plural arietes)
Derived terms
Noun
ariete m or f by sense (plural arietes)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
ariete
- inflection of arietar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “ariete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024