palese

Italian

Etymology

From Latin palam (openly, publicly) + -ese.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈle.ze/, (traditional) /paˈle.se/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ese
  • Hyphenation: pa‧lé‧se

Adjective

palese (plural palesi)

  1. clear, evident
    • 1947, Primo Levi, “Il viaggio”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 20:
      Così morí Emilia, che aveva tre anni; poiché ai tedeschi appariva palese la necessità storica di mettere a morte i bambini degli ebrei.
      So died Emilia, who was three years old; since the historical necessity of putting Jewish children to death appeared evident to the Germans.

Derived terms

References

  1. palese in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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