Italian

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Etymology

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From Lombardic skirmen or Frankish *skirmijan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skerˈmi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: scher‧mì‧re

Verb

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schermìre (first-person singular present schermìsco, first-person singular past historic schermìi, past participle schermìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to protect or shield
  2. (intransitive, archaic) to fence, to swordfight [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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