tregenda

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Italian

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Etymology

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Via a dialect or language from Northern Italy, from Vulgar Latin *trānsienda (which is to be passed),[1][2] from Latin trānseō (I traverse, go over, pass over). Cf. also dialectal tresenda, tresanda (lane).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /treˈd͡ʒɛn.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnda
  • Hyphenation: tre‧gèn‧da

Noun

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tregenda f (plural tregende)

  1. sabbat, witches' Sabbath
    da or di tregendahorrifying, terrifying
  2. (transferred sense, rare) pandemonium, uproar
    Synonym: pandemonio
  3. misadventure, mishap
    Synonyms: disavventura, vicissitudine
  4. (dialectal, obsolete) path, track
    Synonyms: sentiero, viottolo

References

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  1. ^ tregenda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ “tregènda”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 21 toi–z, UTET, 2002, page 297f.

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