genitore
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin genitōrem, from genitus, from participle of gignere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.niˈto.re/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ore
- Hyphenation: ge‧ni‧tó‧re
Noun
genitore m (plural genitori, feminine genitrice)
- parent
- È un genitore? ― Are you a parent?
- 1730, Leonardo Vinci, Artaserse (Vinci), act II, scene XII:
- Va' tra le Selve Ircane, barbaro genitore
- Go to the forests of Hyrcania, savage parent
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Latin
Noun
genitōre m sg
- ablative masculine singular of genitor