erto

See also: ERTO, érto, ērto, and értő

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *erctus, equivalent of Latin ērectus, past participle of ērigō. Compare Spanish yerto. See also Italian eretto, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛr.to/, (traditional) /ˈer.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrto, (traditional) -erto
  • Hyphenation: èr‧to, (traditional) ér‧to

Participle

erto (feminine erta, masculine plural erti, feminine plural erte)

  1. past participle of ergere

Adjective

erto (feminine erta, masculine plural erti, feminine plural erte)

  1. steep

References

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

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