abbassalingua
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of abbassa (“to lower”) + lingua (“tongue”); probably a calque of French abaisse-langue.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abbassalingua m (invariable)
References
[edit]- ^ abbassalingua in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- ^ abbassalingua in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
[edit]- abbassalingua in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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