carpine

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin carpinus, probably from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkar.pi.ne/
  • Rhymes: -arpine
  • Hyphenation: càr‧pi‧ne

Noun

carpine m (plural carpini)

  1. common hornbeam, European hornbeam (tree, Carpinus betulus)
    Synonym: carpino bianco
  2. hornbeam (tree, genus Carpinus)

Derived terms
Derived terms

Further reading
  • carpine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Noun

carpine

  1. vocative singular of carpinus
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