temperino
Italian
Etymology 1
From temperare (“to sharpen, temper”) + -ino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tem.peˈri.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧rì‧no
Noun
temperino m (plural temperini)
- penknife
- pencil sharpener
- Synonyms: temperamatite, temperalapis, appuntalapis
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtem.pe.ri.no/, (traditional) /ˈtɛm.pe.ri.no/[1]
- Rhymes: -emperino, (traditional) -ɛmperino
- Hyphenation: tém‧pe‧ri‧no, (traditional) tèm‧pe‧ri‧no
Verb
temperino
- inflection of temperare:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
References
- ^ temperino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)