See also: ingombrò

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inˈɡom.bro/
  • Rhymes: -ombro
  • Hyphenation: in‧góm‧bro

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from ingombrare +‎ -o.[1]

Or formed directly from the prefix in- with an uncertain stem (compare English cumber), either:

[5][2] or

Noun

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ingombro m (plural ingombri)

  1. encumbrance, obstruction, obstacle
  2. bulk, mass
    Synonym: volume

Adjective

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ingombro (feminine ingombra, masculine plural ingombri, feminine plural ingombre)

  1. blocked
  2. cluttered

Etymology 2

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Verb

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ingombro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ingombrare

References

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  1. ^ ingombro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. 2.0 2.1 Centre national de ressources textuelles
  3. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “combrus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 204
  4. ^ encombrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  5. ^ ingombrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  6. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “ingombro”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati