desiderabile

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsīderābilis, derived from dēsīderō (“to desire, to wish for”). By surface analysis, desiderare +‎ -abile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.zi.deˈra.bi.le/, (traditional) /de.si.deˈra.bi.le/[1]
  • Rhymes: -abile
  • Hyphenation: de‧si‧de‧rà‧bi‧le
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Adjective

desiderabile m or f (plural desiderabili)

  1. desirable
    Antonym: indesiderabile
  2. advisable
    Antonym: indesiderabile

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ desidero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

dēsīderābile

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of dēsīderābilis
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