"fondamento" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /fon.daˈmen.to/ Forms: fondamenti [masculine, plural], fondamenta [error-unknown-tag, feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ento Etymology: From Latin fundāmentum. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|fundāmentum}} Latin fundāmentum Head templates: {{it-noun|m|+<g:m>,fondamenta<g:f><q:building foundations>}} fondamento m (plural fondamenti m or (building foundations) fondamenta f)
  1. fundamental Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fondamento-it-noun-whXMfO1q Categories (other): Italian nouns that change gender in the plural Disambiguation of Italian nouns that change gender in the plural: 41 32 28
  2. foundation, basis Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fondamento-it-noun-nL1wukSl
  3. (architecture, usually in the plural) foundations, groundwork Tags: masculine, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-fondamento-it-noun-rG60U8zd Categories (other): Architecture, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian nouns with multiple plurals Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 42 5 3 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 38 3 2 52 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 25 16 59 Disambiguation of Italian nouns with multiple plurals: 22 24 54 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fondamenta, fondamentale

Inflected forms

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