balenare

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from balena (whale), due to a popular habit of indicating atmospherical phenomena using the names of sea monsters[1] + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.leˈna.re/, [bäl̺e̞ˈn̺äːr̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Stress: balenàre
  • Hyphenation: ba‧le‧na‧re

Verb

balenare

  1. (intransitive) to lighten
  2. (intransitive) to flash

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. balenare (in Italian), Istituto Treccani, accessed 2016-12-26

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