"leggere" meaning in Italian

See leggere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ledˈd͡ʒɛ.re/
Rhymes: -ɛre Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} leggere
  1. feminine plural of leggero Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: leggero
    Sense id: en-leggere-it-adj-THlh0y9B Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian heteronyms, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 52 47 1 Disambiguation of Italian heteronyms: 51 49 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 51 44 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 44 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective

IPA: /ledˈd͡ʒɛ.re/ Forms: leggera [feminine], leggeri [masculine, plural], leggere [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛre Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{it-adj|f=leggera|fpl=leggere}} leggere (feminine leggera, masculine plural leggeri, feminine plural leggere)
  1. Archaic form of leggero. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: leggero
    Sense id: en-leggere-it-adj-cb74Esx6 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian heteronyms, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 52 47 1 Disambiguation of Italian heteronyms: 51 49 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 51 44 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 44 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛd.d͡ʒe.re/
Rhymes: -ɛddʒere Etymology: Inherited from Latin legere. Etymology templates: {{dercat|it|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la|legō|legere||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin legere, {{inh+|it|la|legō|legere}} Inherited from Latin legere Head templates: {{it-verb|a\@}} lèggere (first-person singular present lèggo, first-person singular past historic lèssi, past participle lètto, auxiliary avére) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a\@}} Forms: lèggere [canonical], lèggo [first-person, present, singular], lèssi [first-person, historic, past, singular], lètto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], irregular [table-tags], lèggere [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], leggèndo [gerund], leggènte [participle, present], lètto [participle, past], lèggo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], lèggi [indicative, present, second-person, singular], lègge [indicative, present, singular, third-person], leggiàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], leggéte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], lèggono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], leggévo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], leggévi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], leggéva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], leggevàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], leggevàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], leggévano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], lèssi [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], leggésti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], lèsse [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], leggémmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], leggéste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], lèssero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], leggerò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], leggerài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], leggerà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], leggerémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], leggeréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], leggerànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], leggerèi [conditional, first-person, singular], leggerésti [conditional, second-person, singular], leggerèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], leggerébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], leggerémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], leggeréste [conditional, plural, second-person], leggerèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], leggerébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], lègga [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], lègga [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], lègga [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], leggiàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], leggiàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], lèggano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], leggéssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], leggéssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], leggésse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], leggéssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], leggéste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], leggéssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], lèggi [imperative, second-person, singular], lègga [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], leggiàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], leggéte [imperative, plural, second-person], lèggano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], lèggere [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], lègga [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], leggiàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], leggéte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], lèggano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (ambitransitive) to read [auxiliary avere] Tags: ambitransitive Related terms: leggenda, leggersi, leggibile, lettore, lettura, lezione
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        [
          "leggero",
          "leggero#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ledˈd͡ʒɛ.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leggere"
}

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