rifrangere

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin refringere; re-formed by analogy with frangere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈfran.d͡ʒe.re/
  • Rhymes: -andʒere
  • Hyphenation: ri‧fràn‧ge‧re

Verb

rifràngere (first-person singular present rifràngo, first-person singular past historic rifrànsi, past participle (in the meaning "to break (again)") rifrànto or (in the meaning "to refract" and sometimes in the meaning "to break (again)") rifràtto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (uncommon) to break again
  2. (uncommon) to break (in general)
    Synonyms: frangere, infrangere, rompere, spezzare
  3. (physics) to refract (to cause refraction)

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