definire

See also: definiré

Italian

Alternative forms

• diffinire, difinire (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.fiˈni.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: de‧fi‧nì‧re

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

definìre (first-person singular present definìsco, first-person singular past historic definìi, past participle definìto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to define
2. (transitive) to decide, to resolve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of definìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	definìre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		definèndo
present participle		definènte	past participle		definìto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	definìsco	definìsci	definìsce	definiàmo	definìte	definìscono
imperfect	definìvo	definìvi	definìva	definivàmo	definivàte	definìvano
past historic	definìi	definìsti	definì	definìmmo	definìste	definìrono
future	definirò	definirài	definirà	definirémo	definiréte	definirànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	definirèi	definirésti	definirèbbe, definirébbe	definirémmo	definiréste	definirèbbero, definirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	definìsca	definìsca	definìsca	definiàmo	definiàte	definìscano
imperfect	definìssi	definìssi	definìsse	definìssimo	definìste	definìssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		definìsci	definìsca	definiàmo	definìte	definìscano
negative imperative		non definìre	non definìsca	non definiàmo	non definìte	non definìscano

Derived terms

Related terms

• definibile (“definable”)
• definirsi (“to declare or reveal oneself (to be something)”)
• predefinire (“to predefine”)
• ridefinire (“to redefine”)

Related terms

• definizione (“definition”)

Anagrams

• rifendei

Latin

Verb

dēfīnīre

1. inflection of dēfīniō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Etymology

From defini +‎ -re.

Noun

definire f (plural definiri)

1. definition

   Synonym: definiție

Derived terms

• defini
• definibil
• definit
• definitor