intonare

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.toˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: in‧to‧nà‧re

Etymology 1

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Verb

intonàre (first-person singular present intòno, first-person singular past historic intonài, past participle intonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (music) to tune (an instrument)
  2. (music) to train (the voice) to be in tune
  3. to start to sing
  4. to intone (a speech, sermon, etc.)
    intonare le lodi di qualcunoto praise someone
  5. to match, to harmonize
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From in- +‎ tuono (thunder) +‎ -are.

Alternative forms

  • intuonare

Verb

intonàre (first-person singular present intòno, first-person singular past historic intonài, past participle intonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (archaic) to deafen
Conjugation

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

intonāre

  1. inflection of intonō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From intona +‎ -re.

Noun

intonare f (plural intonări)

  1. intonation

Declension

Declension of intonare
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative intonare intonarea intonări intonările
genitive-dative intonări intonării intonări intonărilor
vocative intonare, intonareo intonărilor