gregario
See also: gregário
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡreˈɡa.rjo/
- Rhymes: -arjo
- Hyphenation: gre‧gà‧rio
Adjective
gregario (feminine gregaria, masculine plural gregari, feminine plural gregarie)
- pertaining or relative to a follower; unable of showing any enterprise or autonomy
- atteggiamento gregario ― follower's attitude
- (of an animal) living in flocks, packs or likes
- with many specimina growing in the same place (of a plant)
Noun
gregario m (plural gregari, feminine gregaria)
- grunt (infantry soldier)
- (by extension, derogatory) one who passively follows other's instructions, never acting on their own; a follower; a lemming
- Synonyms: seguace, subalterno
- Essere un semplice gregario. ― To be nothing but a follower.
- (cycling) domestique
Further reading
- gregario in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- gregàrio in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
gregāriō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of gregārius
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gregārius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾeˈɡaɾjo/ [ɡɾeˈɣ̞a.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: gre‧ga‧rio
Adjective
gregario (feminine gregaria, masculine plural gregarios, feminine plural gregarias)
Noun
gregario m (plural gregarios, feminine gregaria, feminine plural gregarias)
Further reading
- “gregario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024