Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin metere, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (to mow, reap).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmjɛ.te.re/, /ˈmje.te.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtere, -etere
  • Hyphenation: miè‧te‧re, mié‧te‧re

Verb

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miètere or miétere (first-person singular present mièto or miéto, first-person singular past historic mietéi, past participle mietùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to reap or harvest
  2. (transitive) to slash (to kill a lot of people)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ mietere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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