cancello

See also: cancellò and cancel·lo

Italian

cancelli

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈt͡ʃɛl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛllo
• Hyphenation: can‧cèl‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin cancellus.

Noun

cancello m (plural cancelli)

1. gate, fence

Derived terms

• cancelletto

Descendants

• Turkish: gancelli

See also

• porta f
• portiera f
• sportello m

Etymology 2

Verb

cancello

1. first-person singular present indicative of cancellare

Latin

Etymology

From cancellus (“lattice, grating”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kanˈkel.loː/, [käŋˈkɛlːʲoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kanˈt͡ʃel.lo/, [kän̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛlːo]

Verb

cancellō (present infinitive cancellāre, perfect active cancellāvī, supine cancellātum); first conjugation

1. to make like a lattice, cover with a lattice or grid
2. to strike or cross out, cancel

   Synonym: solvō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cancellō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cancellō	cancellās	cancellat	cancellāmus	cancellātis	cancellant
	imperfect	cancellābam	cancellābās	cancellābat	cancellābāmus	cancellābātis	cancellābant
	future	cancellābō	cancellābis	cancellābit	cancellābimus	cancellābitis	cancellābunt
	perfect	cancellāvī	cancellāvistī	cancellāvit	cancellāvimus	cancellāvistis	cancellāvērunt, cancellāvēre
	pluperfect	cancellāveram	cancellāverās	cancellāverat	cancellāverāmus	cancellāverātis	cancellāverant
	future perfect	cancellāverō	cancellāveris	cancellāverit	cancellāverimus	cancellāveritis	cancellāverint
passive	present	cancellor	cancellāris, cancellāre	cancellātur	cancellāmur	cancellāminī	cancellantur
	imperfect	cancellābar	cancellābāris, cancellābāre	cancellābātur	cancellābāmur	cancellābāminī	cancellābantur
	future	cancellābor	cancellāberis, cancellābere	cancellābitur	cancellābimur	cancellābiminī	cancellābuntur
	perfect	cancellātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cancellātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cancellātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cancellem	cancellēs	cancellet	cancellēmus	cancellētis	cancellent
	imperfect	cancellārem	cancellārēs	cancellāret	cancellārēmus	cancellārētis	cancellārent
	perfect	cancellāverim	cancellāverīs	cancellāverit	cancellāverīmus	cancellāverītis	cancellāverint
	pluperfect	cancellāvissem	cancellāvissēs	cancellāvisset	cancellāvissēmus	cancellāvissētis	cancellāvissent
passive	present	canceller	cancellēris, cancellēre	cancellētur	cancellēmur	cancellēminī	cancellentur
	imperfect	cancellārer	cancellārēris, cancellārēre	cancellārētur	cancellārēmur	cancellārēminī	cancellārentur
	perfect	cancellātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cancellātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cancellā	—	—	cancellāte	—
	future	—	cancellātō	cancellātō	—	cancellātōte	cancellantō
passive	present	—	cancellāre	—	—	cancellāminī	—
	future	—	cancellātor	cancellātor	—	—	cancellantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cancellāre	cancellāvisse	cancellātūrum esse	cancellārī	cancellātum esse	cancellātum īrī
participles		cancellāns	—	cancellātūrus	—	cancellātus	cancellandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cancellandī	cancellandō	cancellandum	cancellandō	cancellātum	cancellātū

Derived terms

• cancellātiō

Related terms

• cancellārius
• cancellātim
• cancellī, cancellus
• cancellōsus
• cancellus

Descendants

• → Catalan: cancel·lar
• Anglo-Norman: canceler
  • → Middle English: cancellen
    • English: cancel
      • → German: canceln
      • → Gulf Arabic: كنسل (kansal)
      • → Welsh: canslo
• French: chanceler, → canceller
• Italian: cancellare
• Portuguese: cancelar
• Spanish: cancelar

References

• “cancello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cancello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• cancello in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016