ruota

Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrwɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Hyphenation: ruò‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin rota, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).

Alternative forms

Noun

ruota f (plural ruote, diminutive rotìna/ruotìna or rotìno m/ruotìno m or rotèlla or roticìna/ruoticìna or roticìno m/ruoticìno m, augmentative rotóna/ruotóna or (more common) rotóne m/ruotóne m, pejorative rotàccia/ruotàccia)

  1. wheel
Derived terms
  • ruota idraulica
  • Ruota della Fortuna
Descendants
  • → English: ruote

Verb

ruota

  1. inflection of ruotare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  1. AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1227: “la ruota (ill.)” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

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