deleterio

See also: deletério

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French délétère, from Ancient Greek δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios, “noxious, deleterious”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.leˈtɛ.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrjo
  • Hyphenation: de‧le‧tè‧rio

Adjective

deleterio (feminine deleteria, masculine plural deleteri, feminine plural deleterie)

  1. toxic
  2. harmful, dangerous
  3. damaging, deleterious

Derived terms

Further reading

  • deleterio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • deleterio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • deleterio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • deletèrio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • deletèrio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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