vedere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vidēre, from Proto-Italic *widēō, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veˈde.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: ve‧dé‧re

Verb

vedére (first-person singular present védo, first-person singular past historic vìdi, past participle vìsto or (less popular) vedùto, first-person singular future vedrò, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to see
  2. to look at
  3. to find out
  4. to meet
  5. to visit
  6. to grasp (an idea)

Conjugation

Including lesser-used forms:

Derived terms

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German fedara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛdərə/, /ˈfɛdərə/

Noun

vëdere f (plural vedere or vederen or vedern)

  1. feather

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vidēre.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [vəˈɾe]
  • (Gargano) IPA(key): [vəˈðɛ]
  • (Matera) IPA(key): [vəˈde]

Verb

vedere

  1. see

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1250: “avreste dovuto vedere” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “vedere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Romanian

Etymology

From the verb vedea + -re.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veˈde.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: ve‧de‧re

Noun

vedere f (plural vederi)

  1. sight (the act of seeing)
    la prima vedereon first sight
    la vederein the open, in plain sight
    a pierde pe cineva din vedereto lose sight of someone
  2. sight (ability to see)
    Synonym: văz
  3. view (scenery, vista)
    Synonym: priveliște
  4. illustrated postcard
  5. (now uncommon) Synonym of viziune (vision, principle, concept)

Derived terms

References

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