incingere

Italian

Alternative forms

  • incignere (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin incingere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃin.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -indʒere
  • Hyphenation: in‧cìn‧ge‧re

Verb

incìngere (first-person singular present incìngo, first-person singular past historic incìnsi, past participle incìnto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to surround or encircle
    Synonyms: cingere, circondare
  2. (rare, intransitive) to become pregnant
    Synonyms: restare incinta, diventare gravida

Conjugation

Further reading

  • incingere in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • incingere in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • incìngere in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • incìngere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

incingere

  1. present active infinitive of incingō
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