codesto

Italian

Etymology

From earlier cotesto, from earlier cotevesto, from a contraction of Latin introductory locution eccum tibi istum.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koˈdesto/, [koˈd̪es̪.t̪o]
  • Hyphenation: co‧dés‧to

Adjective

codesto (feminine singular codesta, masculine plural codesti, feminine plural codeste)

Pronoun

codesto m (feminine codesta, masculine plural codesti, feminine plural codeste)

  1. (dated, regional, literary) this, that (referring to an object close to the addressee)

Synonyms

References
  1. Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 137
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