ingombro

See also: ingombrò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈɡom.bro/
  • Rhymes: -ombro
  • Hyphenation: in‧góm‧bro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ingombrare + -o.[1]

Or formed directly from the prefix in- with an uncertain stem (compare English cumber), either:

[5][2] or

Noun

ingombro m (plural ingombri)

  1. encumbrance, obstruction, obstacle
  2. bulk, mass
    Synonym: volume

Adjective

ingombro (feminine ingombra, masculine plural ingombri, feminine plural ingombre)

  1. blocked
  2. cluttered

Verb

ingombro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ingombrare

References

  1. ingombro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. Centre national de ressources textuelles
  3. Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “combrus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 204
  4. encombrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  5. ingombrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  6. Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “ingombro”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
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