scorrevole

Italian

Etymology

From scorrere (“to slide”) +‎ -evole.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skorˈre.vo.le/
  • Rhymes: -evole
  • Hyphenation: scor‧ré‧vo‧le

Adjective

scorrevole (plural scorrevoli)

  1. sliding, rolling (door, etc.)
  2. moving (belt, etc.)
  3. flowing (style)

Derived terms

Noun

scorrevole m (plural scorrevoli)

  1. anything that can be described as above; something that slides
    lo scorrevole del regolo calcolatore ― the slide of the slide rule

Further reading
  • scorrevole in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • scorrevole in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • scorrevole in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • scorrévole in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • scorrévole in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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