sormontare
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sormonter. First attested in the 14th century. By surface analysis, sor- + montare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sor.monˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: sor‧mon‧tà‧re
Verb
sormontàre (first-person singular present sormónto, first-person singular past historic sormontài, past participle sormontàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to overcome or surmount; to be on top of something
- (intransitive) to overlap [with con] [auxiliary essere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of sormontàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Related terms
- sormontamento
- sormontatore
References
- sormontàre in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- sormontare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana