esteso

Italian

Etymology

Past participle of estendere; (borrowed from Latin extēnsus, and adapted to the verb's conjugation as a semi-learned word; see also steso and estenso).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈte.zo/, (traditional) /esˈte.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ezo, (traditional) -eso
  • Hyphenation: e‧sté‧so

Adjective

esteso (feminine estesa, masculine plural estesi, feminine plural estese, superlative estesissimo)

  1. large, broad, wide, extensive, vast
  2. broad, widespread, wide-ranging

Derived terms

Participle

esteso (feminine estesa, masculine plural estesi, feminine plural estese)

  1. past participle of estendere

References

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

Further reading

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

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