inalbare

inalbare

Italian

Alternative forms

  • innalbare (archaic, inherited?)

Etymology

    Borrowed from Late Latin inalbāre.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /i.nalˈba.re/
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    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: i‧nal‧bà‧re

    Verb

    inalbàre (first-person singular present inàlbo, first-person singular past historic inalbài, past participle inalbàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) (literary)

    1. (transitive) to make white, to whiten
      Synonym: imbiancare
      • 1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad]‎[1], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Libro X, page 206:
        Quale il marito di Giunon lampeggia, ¶ quando prepara una gran piova o grandine, ¶ o folta neve ad inalbare i campi ¶ o fracasso di guerra voratrice
        Like Juno's husband thunders when preparing great rain or hail or thick snow to whiten the fields or din of devastating war
    2. (rare, intransitive) to become white, to whiten [auxiliary essere]
      Synonyms: imbiancarsi, inalbarsi
    3. (rare, archaic, intransitive) to become turbid and whitish (of a liquid) [auxiliary essere]

    Conjugation

        Conjugation of inalbàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
    infinitive inalbàre
    auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund inalbàndo
    present participle inalbànte past participle inalbàto
    person singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
    present inàlbo inàlbi inàlba inalbiàmo inalbàte inàlbano
    imperfect inalbàvo inalbàvi inalbàva inalbavàmo inalbavàte inalbàvano
    past historic inalbài inalbàsti inalbò inalbàmmo inalbàste inalbàrono
    future inalberò inalberài inalberà inalberémo inalberéte inalberànno
    conditional inalberèi inalberésti inalberèbbe, inalberébbe inalberémmo inalberéste inalberèbbero, inalberébbero
    subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
    present inàlbi inàlbi inàlbi inalbiàmo inalbiàte inàlbino
    imperfect inalbàssi inalbàssi inalbàsse inalbàssimo inalbàste inalbàssero
    imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
    inàlba inàlbi inalbiàmo inalbàte inàlbino
    negative imperative non inalbàre non inàlbi non inalbiàmo non inalbàte non inàlbino

    1Transitive.
    2Intransitive.

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    Latin

    Verb

    inalbāre

    1. inflection of inalbō:
      1. second-person singular present passive indicative/imperative
      2. present active infinitive
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