effigiare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin effigiāre, derived from Latin effigiēs (“likeness, image”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ef.fiˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ef‧fi‧già‧re
Verb
effigiàre (first-person singular present effìgio, first-person singular past historic effigiài, past participle effigiàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to portray, to depict in the form of an effigy
- (literary) to mold, to sculpt, to chisel (clay, marble, wax, etc.)
- (literary) to adorn
Conjugation
Conjugation of effigiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- effigiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana