accantonare

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ak.kan.toˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ac‧can‧to‧nà‧re

Etymology 1

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From a- +‎ cantone +‎ -are.

Verb

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accantonàre (first-person singular present accantóno, first-person singular past historic accantonài, past participle accantonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to set aside (money, goods, etc.) (for later use)
  2. (figurative) to save, to preserve (e.g. one's strength))
  3. to set aside, to put aside, to abandon, to shelve (a project, idea, job, etc.)
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Etymology 2

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Calque of French cantonner.

Verb

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accantonàre (first-person singular present accantóno, first-person singular past historic accantonài, past participle accantonàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (military) to quarter, to temporarily house (soldiers)
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Further reading

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

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