"altissimo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: altissimos [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Italian alto Italian -issimo Italian altissimobor. English altissimo Borrowed from Italian altissimo. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|it:altissimo|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Italian alto Italian -issimo Italian altissimobor. English altissimo [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "alto", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "-issimo", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "altissimo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "altissimo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="altissimo"> Borrowed from Italian altissimo. Head templates: {{en-noun}} altissimo (plural altissimos)
  1. (music) The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register Derived forms: in altissimo

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /alˈtis.si.mo/ Forms: altissima [feminine], altissimi [masculine, plural], altissime [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -issimo Etymology: From alto + -issimo. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:af|alto|-issimo}}, {{af|it|alto|-issimo}} alto + -issimo Head templates: {{it-adj-sup}} altissimo (feminine altissima, masculine plural altissimi, feminine plural altissime)
  1. superlative degree of alto (“highest”) Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: alto (extra: highest)

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: altissimō [canonical]
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  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of altissimus Tags: ablative, dative, form-of, masculine, neuter, singular Form of: altissimus
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Inflected forms

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