retentire

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French retentir (to ring).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re.tenˈti.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: re‧ten‧tì‧re

Verb

retentìre (first-person singular present retentìsco, first-person singular past historic retentìi, past participle retentìto, auxiliary avére) (obsolete, poetic)

  1. (intransitive) to resound, to resonate
    Synonym: risuonare

Usage notes

  • The verb is only attested in its present infinitive form.

Conjugation

Further reading

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

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