aggere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agger.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈad.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -addʒere
  • Hyphenation: àg‧ge‧re

Noun

aggere m (plural aggeri)

  1. (obsolete) rampart, bulwark
    Synonyms: argine, terrapieno
  2. (historical) a sort of trench dug next to the walls during a siege

Further reading
  • aggere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • aggere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Latin

Noun

aggere m

  1. ablative singular of agger (“rampart, bulwark”)
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