oretta
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈret.ta/
- Rhymes: -etta
- Hyphenation: o‧rét‧ta
Noun
oretta f (plural orette)
- about an hour; an hour or so
Anagrams
Old English
Alternative forms
- ōreta
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *uʀhaitō; equivalent to ōret + -a and thus cognate with Old High German urheizo. Originally an agent noun to āhātan (“to call forth”) (compare Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (ushaitan, “to provoke, challenge”)). For the variation between -t- and -tt-, compare ǣmette, variant of ǣmete (“ant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoː.ret.tɑ/
Noun
ōretta m
- (poetic) warrior, champion
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cempa
Declension
Weak: