avello

avello

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈvɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: a‧vèl‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin lābellum (small bowl or basin), diminutive of lābrum.

Noun

avello m (plural avelli)

  1. (literary) tomb, grave
    Synonyms: sepolcro, tomba

Further reading

  • avello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

avello

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avellere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

    From ab- + vellō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    āvellō (present infinitive āvellere, perfect active āvulsī, supine āvulsum); third conjugation

    1. to tear off or away; to wrest
    2. to pluck or rend off

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Italian: avellere

    References

    • avello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • avello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • avello”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Portuguese

    Verb

    avello

    1. first-person singular present indicative of avellar