"avvocato" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /av.voˈka.to/ Forms: avvocati [plural], avvocatessa [feminine], avvocata [feminine]
Rhymes: -ato Etymology: Borrowed from Latin advocātus. Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*wekʷ-}}, {{bor+|it|la|advocātus}} Borrowed from Latin advocātus Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=avvocatessa|f2=+}} avvocato m (plural avvocati, feminine avvocatessa or avvocata)
  1. lawyer, counsel, solicitor, barrister (male) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-avvocato-it-noun-7Pifk8mW
  2. (figurative) advocate, defender, intercessor (male) Tags: figuratively, masculine Categories (topical): Legal occupations
    Sense id: en-avvocato-it-noun-ulqc~U7C Disambiguation of Legal occupations: 12 88 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avvocatesco, avvocatura, avvocatizio

Inflected forms

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    "Italian terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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    "Rhymes:Italian/ato",
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    "it:Legal occupations"
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      "word": "avvocatura"
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    },
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