altezza
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Latin altitia, from Latin altus (“high”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish alteza, Catalan altesa. By surface analysis, alto (“high”) + -ezza.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]altezza f (plural altezze)
- height, altitude, tallness
- Synonym: altitudine
- top, peak, summit
- 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 52–54; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- height, stature
- Synonym: statura
- (monarchy) Highness
- sua altezza reale ― his/her royal highness
- (weaving) width
Descendants
[edit]- → French: altesse
Further reading
[edit]- altezza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Lombard
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]altezza f
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- Rhymes:Italian/ettsa
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