animale

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin animal. Cognates include Italian animale and French animal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aniˈmale/

Noun

animale m (plural animali)

1. animal
2. brute, coarse person

References

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ni.mal/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: animal, animales

Adjective

animale

1. feminine singular of animal

Italian

Etymology

From Latin animālem, possibly borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.niˈma.le/

• Audio:

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• Audio (un animale):

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• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mà‧le

Adjective

animale (plural animali)

1. animal

   Synonym: bestiale

Noun

animale m (plural animali)

1. animal
2. beast

Synonyms

• bestia

Related terms

augmentative

• animalone

diminutive

• animaletto
• animalino
• animaluccio

derogatory

• animalaccio

Related terms

• animale d'affezione
• animale da compagnia
• animale domestico
• animale selvaggio
• animale selvatico
• animaleria
• animalesco
• animalista
• animalità
• animare

Further reading

• animale¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Melania, maliane

Latin

Adjective

animāle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of animālis

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

animale

1. Alternative form of animal

Etymology 2

Adjective

animale

1. Alternative form of animal

Spanish

Verb

animale

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of animar combined with le