nottetempo

Italian

Etymology

From notte (night) + tempo (time).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌnɔt.teˈtɛm.po/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛmpo
  • Hyphenation: not‧te‧tèm‧po

Adverb

nottetempo

  1. at night, during the nighttime
    Synonym: di notte
    • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno - Sesta”, in Il nome della rosa [The Name of the Rose] (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 61:
      “Guglielmo,” stava dicendo, “erano sul punto di uccidermi, sai, ho dovuto fuggire nottetempo.”
      "Guglielmo," he was saying, "they were about to kill me, you know, I had to flee at night."

References

  1. nottetempo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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